ABC Airs Taylor Swift Concert Special May 17

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Paris performance slotted after ‘American Idol’ finale

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ABC will air a Taylor Swift concert special Sunday, May 17, following the season finale of American Idol. Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert airs in the 10 p.m. ET slot. It will be on demand May 18 on Hulu and Disney+.

Filmed last September at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, France, Swift performs songs from her album “Lover.”

Swift released “Lover,” her seventh album, in 2019.

“While we are all home, Taylor Swift and her family of fans will be able to have a moment together and experience a never-before-seen, intimate performance, and we are so thrilled to be able to offer this to our own family of viewers on ABC,” added Eric Avram, VP, talent and booking, ABC Entertainment.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.