Tributes to the late great Dolly Parton are set to air across multiple TV networks.
CBS will air the CBS News special “Dolly Parton – An American Icon” tonight (Aug. 25) from 10-11 p.m. ET/PT. It will also stream on Paramount+. Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil, CBS News’ senior culture and senior national correspondent Anthony Mason, and a team of CBS journalists will pay tribute to the legendary country music star. CBS News will also have a correspondent on location at Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, TN.
Per CBS, the show will “share new reports on the artist, whose work spans music, television, film and books, and pull from CBS News’ vast archives of interviews with Parton – including a 2009 ’60 Minutes’ interview with Morley Safer, a 2023 CBS News ‘Person-To-Person’ interview with Norah O’Donnell and interviews with Dokoupil and Mason – and feature additional commentary from country music’s biggest stars and those who knew her best.”
In addition, fellow Paramount networks CMT, CMT Music, and Equal Play on Pluto TV will air Parton’s music videos beginning today through tomorrow morning. CMT is also planning a CMT Rememebers special to air at a later date, with network also planning to air Parton’s film “Steel Magnolias” beginning later this week.
