CBS to Air 1-Hour Dolly Parton Tribute Special After Singer Dies at 80
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Updated · Rolling Stone · Aug 30
CBS to Air 1-Hour Dolly Parton Tribute Special After Singer Dies at 80
3 articles · Updated · Rolling Stone · Aug 30
Summary
“Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life,” an hour-long Entertainment Tonight special, will air live on CBS on Sunday at 8 p.m. and stream on Paramount+.
CBS said the program will pair archival footage with new tributes, including Parton’s first ET interview from 1982 and her final conversation with the show.
The broadcast extends a wave of TV tributes after Parton’s death at 80 following a brief battle with cancer, with CBS, ABC and CMT all scheduling memorial programming.