The County Music Association and ABC Television announced today that “The 44th Annual CMA Awards” will air Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8:00 p.m. EST and PST.

“The CMA Awards is Country Music’s Biggest Night and is one of the most highly anticipated events for our industry each year,” CMA Chairman Steve Moore said. “It’s a night to recognize and honor our finest performers, songwriters, record producers, musicians and music video directors.”

Moore could have said it’s a big night for network television as well. The 2009 CMA Awards was No. 3 for the week in the highly desirable 18-49 demo and No. 5 for the week in total viewers, according to Nielsen. Plus it had 5.7 million more viewers than whatever second place CBS ran that night.

Meanwhile, here’s what’s up on TV music-wise for the rest of the week. And you don’t have to wait until November to watch.

Thursday, June 3
Kristin Chenoweth, Margaret Cho – “The View”
Demi Lovato, Carrot Top, Taio Cruz – “Live with Regis and Kelly”
Kristin Chenoweth, Sinbad, The Bird and The Bee – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – rerun
Vampire Weekend – “The Colbert Report”
Bobby Lee, Dov Davidoff, Jen Kirkman – “Chelsea Lately”
Peter Frampton – “Lopez Tonight”
Chris Rock – “Late Show with David Letterman” – rerun
Snoop Dogg – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – rerun
Miike Snow – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Keith Richards, LL Cool J, Phish – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” – rerun
Snoop Dogg, Keane – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun

 

Friday, June 4
Russell Brand – “The View”
Diane Birch – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – rerun
Trombone Shorty – “The Tavis Smiley Show” – rerun
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – “Late Show with David Letterman” – rerun
Eddie Murphy, Damian Marley w/NAS – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – rerun
Kathy Griffin, Deftones – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” – rerun
JabbbaWockeeZ – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” – rerun
Jay Mohr – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
Doves – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun

Saturday, June 5
Femi Kuti – “Austin City Limits” – rerun
Alicia Keys – “Saturday Night Live”