CBS, Recording Academy Extend Deal To Broadcast Grammys Through 2026

SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — The Grammys are staying on CBS well into the next decade.

The Recording Academy and CBS have agreed to keep the Grammy awards on the CBS Television Network through 2026, the two entities announced Wednesday.

Since the Grammys aired on CBS in 1973, the new deal means the business relationship could end up spanning over a half-century, "establishing a new record for the longest continuous partnership between an awards show and broadcaster in television history," a statement said.

"The broadcast of the Grammys and our long-standing relationship with extraordinary partners at The Recording Academy represent an important part of CBS's past and future, said Leslie Moonves, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. "Everyone at CBS is proud to reach this milestone with Neil and his team, and we look forward to building on this legacy and creating more Grammy moments together well into the next decade and beyond."

The extension agreement was signed in Studio City Tuesday by CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves and Neil Portnow, president of the Santa Monica-based National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

The 59th Annual Grammy Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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