Grease is the one CBS needs to absorb in for one amongst the most liked American awards shows.

The network has announced a singalong version of the classic 1978 musical (starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John) will air on Sunday, June 7 at 8: 30 p.m., somewhat than the on the origin scheduled 2020 Tony Awards ceremony. CBS,  which has broadcast the Tony Awards ceremony on myth of the year of Grease‘s theatrical release, previously postponed the Broadway-centered awards telecast within the wake of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

CBS’ broadcast of Grease — section of the channel’s Sunday Night Movies series — will feature apply-alongside lyrics to the movie’s iconic tunes, admire “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’,” and more. Further titles airing at some level of Sunday Night Movies encompass Mission: Very no longer likely (Might perhaps well perhaps just 17), Broad (Might perhaps well perhaps just 24), and Indiana Jones and the Final Campaign (Might perhaps well perhaps just 31).

Moreover to to the prior postponement of the Tony Awards, as The Broadway League, a commerce community representing Broadway producers and theater householders, announced earlier this week that the illustrious theatrical sector would dwell closed till no lower than Sept. 6.

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