Tony Awards Stay on CBS Through 2032 in Five-Year Extension

By Daniel Okafor

The Tony Awards will stay on CBS through 2032. The network announced the five-year broadcast deal on Wednesday with the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. That makes the Tonys the longest-running major awards-show partnership on television.

It's a quiet kind of dominance. The Grammys, Oscars, Golden Globes and Emmys have all renegotiated and relocated in recent years, leaving their longtime broadcast homes. The Tonys simply stayed put. CBS has carried them since 1978 — 48 years and counting.

What does the new deal guarantee?

The 80th annual Tony Awards will air live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS on June 13, 2027, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The premium tier of Paramount+ will also stream the ceremony live.

Tony Awards Prods., the joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, produces the show. The 2027 edition has its team in place:

• Producers: Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman
• Co-showrunners: Raj Kapoor and Sarah Levine Hall
• Co-executive producers: Patrick Menton and Rob Paine
• Head of talent: Patrick Menton

What did the executives say?

CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach kept the champagne chilled but pointed. "CBS has a celebrated history of supporting the creative arts on television and the Tony Awards are a cornerstone of that past, present and future," Reisenbach said in a statement. "George Cheeks and I are thrilled to extend the Network's 48-year partnership with the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League and showcase the extraordinary talent, unforgettable performances and incomparable energy of Broadway to viewers across the country for years to come."

The theatre side matched the sentiment. Heather Hitchens, president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, and Jason Laks, president of The Broadway League, issued a joint statement: "We are thrilled to extend our long-standing partnership with CBS. For the past 48 years, we have collaborated with CBS to bring the best of Broadway to theater fans all around the world and we look forward to marking the 80th anniversary of the Tony Awards with our best show yet."

Why does the timing matter?

Every other major awards show has shuffled its broadcast arrangements lately; the Tonys now stand alone as the one that never moved. For Broadway, a guaranteed network slot through 2032 means a stable national showcase in a decade when live TV audiences keep shrinking and touring receipts increasingly prop up the industry's balance sheets. The commitment runs past the 80th anniversary broadcast — an anniversary, notably, the producers are already billing as "our best show yet." That's the bar. We'll see who clears it in June 2027.