Billboard Music Awards Heading to NBC in 2018

NBC has acquired broadcast rights for the Billboard Music Awards in a multiyear deal with dick clark productions that takes effect in 2018.

The 2018 broadcast date will be revealed soon. The Billboard Music Awards were previously broadcast on ABC. The Billboard Music Awards is produced by dick clark productions (dcp). Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, Mark Bracco, Barry Adelman and Robert Deaton are executive producers.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with the Billboard Music Awards and dick clark productions to bring our mutual love of music and live programming together to showcase spectacular performances with the biggest names in music,” said Paul Telegdy, president of the Alternative and Reality Group at NBC Entertainment. “The Billboard charts have long been the industry standard of greatness, making this show the number one destination for music artists. We couldn’t imagine better partners than dcp, who we have teamed with on our Golden Globe telecasts for many years.”

“Bringing together the Billboard Music Awards and NBC is a perfect partnership,” said Mahan, the president of dick clark productions. “We believe that pairing NBC’s enormous music and TV platform with the authority and legacy of the Billboard Music Awards will be an extraordinarily powerful combination. We couldn’t be more excited.”