CBS News will Celebrate the Life of Legendary Artist Dolly Parton with Primetime Special

CBS MORNINGS co-host Gayle King, CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Tony Dokoupil, and a team of CBS News journalists will celebrate the life and mark the passing of entertainment legend Dolly Parton, with A CBS NEWS SPECIAL: DOLLY PARTON – AN AMERICAN ICON, airing tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM, CT) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+*.

King and Dokoupil will be joined in New York by Anthony Mason, CBS News’ senior culture and senior national correspondent. CBS News will also have a correspondent on location at Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Parton died today. She was 80.

DOLLY PARTON – AN AMERICAN ICON will share new reports on the artist, whose work spans music, television, film and books, and pull from CBS News’ vast archives of interviews with Parton – including a 2009 60 MINUTES interview with Morley Safer, a 2023 CBS News “Person-To-Person” interview with Norah O’Donnell and interviews with Dokoupil and Mason – and feature additional commentary from country music’s biggest stars and those who knew her best.

Here’s the updated CBS primetime lineup:

Tuesday, Aug. 25

7:00 PM, CT NCIS encore

8:00 PM, CT NCIS: ORIGINS encore

9:00 PM, CT A CBS NEWS SPECIAL: DOLLY PARTON– AN AMERICAN ICON

*Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live but will have access to on-demand the day after the special airs.