{"id":749815,"date":"2026-08-26T01:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749815\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T01:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:34:12","slug":"cbs-dolly-parton-special-watch-an-american-icon-on-tv-stream-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749815\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Dolly Parton Special: Watch ‘An American Icon’ on TV, Stream Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

The show will feature new reporting and clips from the CBS archives, including Parton’s 2023 Person to Person interview with Norah O\u2019Donnell<\/p>\n

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\n\tTributes are pouring in for Dolly Parton<\/a> both online<\/a> and on TV.<\/p>\n

\n\tCBS<\/a> will air a brand-new special tonight paying tribute to the late entertainer, who died Tuesday<\/a>. Titled Dolly Parton \u2013 An American Icon, the CBS News program airs at 10 p.m. across all CBS affiliates and will also stream on Paramount+<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\tAt a Glance: How to Watch Dolly Parton \u2013 An American Icon\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe one-hour news special will feature Gayle King, CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, and a team of other network journalists and correspondents as they look back at the legendary country star\u2019s career. CBS News will also have a reporter on location from Dollywood, the singer\u2019s namesake amusement park, in Pigeon Forge, TN.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show will also feature clips from the CBS archives, including Parton\u2019s memorable 2023 Person to Person interview with Norah O\u2019Donnell. And viewers will hear from fellow country musicians and entertainers as they speak on the impact Parton had on their career.<\/p>\n

\n\tViewers can watch Dolly Parton \u2013 An American Icon on TV through their local CBS affiliate. You can also livestream the special online without cable, using one of the live streaming services below.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tDirecTV includes a live CBS feed in all of its packages and the streamer has a five-day free trial you can use to watch Dolly Parton \u2013 An American Icon online free if you don\u2019t want to sign up for a subscription.<\/p>\n

DirecTV lets you livestream the Parton special as it airs on CBS, and you can stream it on your computer, tablet, phone or smart TV.\t<\/p>\n

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Fubo has a five-day free trial that you can use to livestream the CBS Dolly Parton special online for free. The free trial includes DVR, so you can record the program to watch back on-demand later.\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tParamount+ is the official streaming home for tonight\u2019s CBS Dolly Parton special, and subscribers will be able to watch the tribute show live as it airs on TV, and on-demand the next day.<\/p>\n

Paramount+ no longer offers a free trial, but plans start at just $8.99\/month and includes access to thousands of other TV shows, movies, and specials online.\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDolly Parton \u2013 An American Icon airs live on CBS at 10 p.m. tonight and livestreams free with DirecTV and Fubo.<\/p>\n

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\n\tABC, meantime, will air a special edition of 20\/20 tonight at the same time, titled Dolly\u00a0Parton: An American Original. You can also watch that special episode online through DirecTV and Fubo.<\/p>\n

\n\tParton died Tuesday following an undisclosed illness<\/a>. She was 80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The show will feature new reporting and clips from the CBS archives, including Parton’s 2023 Person to Person…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3769,22641,96,5812,7592,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-749815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cbs","tag-dolly-parton","tag-entertainment","tag-noads","tag-rs-recommends","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}