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The Best TV Shows on CMT

Every CMT Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 2002 up until 2023, CMT stands as a beacon of television excellence. Premiering in 2002 and 2002, CMT Crossroads and CMT Music Awards are among CMT’s most celebrated shows. Discover the best of CMT with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for November 2024.

  • CMT Music Awards
    CMT Music Awards (2002)10.0

    The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The awards ceremony is held every year in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast live on CMT. Voting takes place on CMT's website, CMT.com.

  • Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
    Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling (2008)10.0

    Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling was an American reality television program, which ran for eight episodes on CMT in 2008. The first episode aired on October 18, 2008. In Australia, the show premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. It was also shown in the UK on Bravo and Viva. The show was co-produced by Hulk Hogan and Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment. The show featured celebrities being trained to become professional wrestlers. The finale aired on December 6, 2008, where Dennis Rodman was declared the winner of the competition.

  • The Singing Bee
    The Singing Bee (2007)9.0

    The Singing Bee is a karaoke game show that originally aired on NBC and now airs on CMT. Combining karaoke singing with a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs. Originally slated to begin with a six episode series during the fall of 2007, it launched early in reaction to FOX's competing Don't Forget the Lyrics!.

  • CMT Crossroads
    CMT Crossroads (2002)8.3

    Country music stars collaborate with performers from other musical genres and exchange stories about their mutual love for music.

  • My Big Redneck Wedding
    My Big Redneck Wedding (2008)8.2

    If you're planning a wedding that includes a romantic canopy made of beer cans, you might be a redneck -- and you just might find your nuptials featured on this series, in which host Tom Arnold travels the country to find over-the-top down-home country weddings that include such features as a four-legged best man, a reception with mud wrestling or a celebratory shotgun salute. Does Jeff Foxworthy get a royalty for this?

  • Dog and Beth: On the Hunt
    Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (2013)8.2

    Each week, the Chapmans and their son Leland will fly from their Da Kine Bail Bonds headquarters in Hawaii to various bail bondsmen businesses around the United States as they assist in apprehending criminals. The series will also encompass the group as they improve the bail bondsmen businesses techniques on how to run more efficiently, from the writing of bonds to the tedious task of tracking criminals and technological device training.

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
    Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (2006)7.7

    Reality show following the auditioning process and making of the annual Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading Squad.

  • Sun Records
    Sun Records (2017)7.7

    The untold story of nothing less than the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Guided by Sam Phillips, young musicians like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis combined the styles of hillbilly country with the 1950s R&B sound created by artists like Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Fats Domino and Ike Turner, and changed the course of music forever.

  • The Last Cowboy
    The Last Cowboy (2019)7.3

    A documentary competition show that chronicles the lives of riders competing in the high-stakes sport of horse reining. The contenders are determined to elevate and preserve the cowboy tradition as they guide horses through precise patterns of circles, spins and stops. Run for a Million serves as the culmination of the series, where the riders compete for a $1 million purse.

  • Still the King
    Still the King (2016)6.7

    Vernon Brownmule, aka "Burnin' Vernon," is a scandal-ridden, washed-up, one-hit-wonder who was kicked out of country music, only to emerge 20 years later as the second best Elvis impersonator around. After crashing into an old country church sign during a drunken bender, he is arrested and sentenced to return and serve as the church's handyman as part of his parole. Along the way, he pretends to be the congregation's new minister and reconnects with a former one-night-stand, when he learns he has a 15-year-old daughter he's never met.

  • Nashville
    Nashville (2012)6.6

    Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well as the up-and-coming performers and songwriters trying to get ahead in the business.

  • Party Down South
    Party Down South (2014)6.3

    From the producers of Jersey Shore comes the most outrageous Party Down South. Follow eight young, brazen adults for one wild summer of extreme fun. Their summer vacation spot, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, may never be the same after these fast friends work, party and bond with one another over their common love of the South.

  • Working Class
    Working Class (2011)5.0

    Working Class is an American television sitcom created by Jill Cargerman, which premiered on CMT on January 28, 2011. The network ordered twelve episodes for the comedy, which is the first scripted series for the network. On April 11, 2011, CMT cancelled Working Class after only one season due to low ratings.

  • Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge
    Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge (2014)4.9

    Hall of Fame professional wrestler Steve Austin invites eight elite athletes to his ranch each week to compete in head-to-head battles until only one is left standing. That man or woman then takes on Steve's personal obstacle course, the Skullbuster, for a chance to win $10,000.

  • The Dude Perfect Show
    The Dude Perfect Show (2016)1.6

    In this show, you'll meet the five guys behind the viral YouTube magic: Tyler, the bearded guy; Cody; the tall one; Garrett; the purple hoser; and Coby and Cory, the twins. Operating from their Dude Perfect headquarters in Frisco, Texas, Dude Perfect has the job every kid dreams of. Whether it’s working with celebrity guest stars like Luke Bryan, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Aaron Rodgers, or prepping for their next battle video, Giant Basketball Arcade, Lawnmower Race or Epic Snow Battle, these guys have made a career out of having fun.

  • CMT Invitation Only
    CMT Invitation Only (2007)N/A

    CMT Invitation Only is a television program that airs on CMT. It gives fans a chance to get up close and personal with their favorite country artists in a smaller, more intimate setting. It gives the artists a chance to promote new music as well as an opportunity to get face to face feedback on their music.

  • Gone Country
    Gone Country (2008)N/A

    John Rich of Big & Rich will give one of seven celebrities a chance at a country music career. The celebrities move into a Nashville mansion together to embark on a two-week adventure. Each celebrity will be paired up with some of Nashville's finest songwriters in an attempt to prepare them for a career in country music. In each episode, the cast competes against each other in challenges that will test them musically and physically to adapt to a country music lifestyle, both on and off the stage. At the end of the two weeks, the artist who is most prepared to impress a country audience, as determined by Rich, will record and release a song.

  • Bounty Hunters
    Bounty Hunters (2013)N/A

    Jeff, Bill and Larry are old pals who work together at Barton Bounty Hunters in the small Southern town of Skeeter Creek. They get their bounties from Lisa, a loudmouth bail bondsman whose office is next door. Jeff is the owner of the company and leader of the team. Bill is the resident criminal profiler, and Larry is the team muscle. Together, they track down redneck fugitives, making Skeeter Creek a little bit safer. The guys will have to deal with friends and family like Jeff's sassy ex-wife Stacy and her smarmy new husband Nathan, as well as local rednecks like Jesco (who just so happens to be Jeff's dad).

  • Nashville Squares
    Nashville Squares (2019)N/A

    Celebrity contestants and squares answer country music and pop culture questions with the goal of winning money and other prizes for lucky fans.

  • CMT Summer Sessions
    CMT Summer Sessions (2023)N/A

    A fun series delivers the perfect summertime soundtrack featuring a star-packed lineup of country's hottest stars as they share new music and some of their biggest hits at a beautiful lake in Tennessee.