There’s lots of country music on TV this week, so set those DVRs.

• Tuesday (1/24): Eli Young Band, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC).

• Wednesday (1/25): Kellie Pickler, Good Morning America (ABC); Vince Gill, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC).

• Thursday (1/26): Various Artists, ACM Showcase 2012 (GAC).

• Friday (1/27): Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Great Performances: Tony Bennett: Duets II (PBS); Kellie Pickler, Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)

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Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, and Willie Nelson will be joining the legendary Tony Bennett on his PBS special THIRTEEN’s Great Performances on January 27th at 9pm. Click here to check your local listings.

The full song program follows:

“The Lady Is a Tramp” (Lady Gaga)
“One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” (John Mayer)
“Body and Soul” (Amy Whitehouse)
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (Michael Bublé)
“Blue Velvet” (k.d. lang)
“How Do You Keep the Music Playing” (Aretha Franklin)
“The Girl I Love” (Sheryl Crow)
“On the Sunny Side of the Street” (Willie Nelson)
“Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)” (Queen Latifah)
“Speak Low” (Norah Jones)
“This Is All I Ask” (Josh Groban)
“Watch What Happens” (Natalie Cole)
“Stranger in Paradise” (Andrea Bocelli)
“The Way You Look Tonight” (Faith Hill)
“Yesterday I Heard the Rain” (Alejandro Sanz)
“It Had to Be You” (Carrie Underwood)

These are some of the performances from Tony Bennett’s latest album, Duets II.

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Faith Hill is among the performers for this year’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” in NYC. Also on the roster for the November 30th event are Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Carole King, Tony Bennett, Cee Lo Green, Katharine McPhee and Javier Colon.

Tune into NBC on November 20th to see all the performances along with the 74-foot-tall, 10-ton Norway Spruce light-up with over 30,000 LED lights.

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Take a look at Faith Hill and Tony Bennett’s video for “The Way You Look Tonight” on CMT’s Big New Music Weekend.

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CMT will world premiere eight brand new music videos this weekend as part of its fifth CMT Big New Music Weekend, which kicks off Friday, October 14 at 6:00 a.m., ET/PT, and continues through music hours all weekend long.

Premiering exclusively on CMT are new videos from Zac Brown Band (“Keep Me In Mind”), Luke Bryan (“If You Ain’t Here to Party”), Tony Bennett and Faith Hill (“The Way You Look Tonight”), Toby Keith (“Red Solo Cup”), Chris Young (“You”), Justin Moore (“Bait A Hook”), Kevin Fowler (“That Girl”) and CMT’s Next Big Thing artist, Casey James (“Let’s Don’t Call It A Night”). As the only videos featured throughout regularly scheduled music hours, the eight Big New Music Weekend artists will garner over 12 hours of air-play, along with an opportunity to personally introduce their video to fans each time it airs. In addition, CMT.com will highlight each of the videos on its homepage.

“This weekend is all about the music and another example of how CMT is the place to come for new and exclusive music and videos,” said Leslie Fram, Senior Vice President of Music Strategy, CMT. “CMT Big New Music Weekend is not only about showcasing the biggest stars but also introducing fans to the artists who will become country’s next big thing.”

In addition, past CMT Big New Music Weekend alums return when viewers take over the channel during its newest music franchise, CMT Social Hour, premiering Saturday, October 15 at 9:00-10:00 a.m., ET/PT. Fans vote for their favorite videos on CMT’s Facebook page each week, and the top 11 make up the weekly show CMT Social Hour.

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Lady Antebellum’s “Own the Night” has been bumped from first to second on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Tony Bennett’s “Duets II” has done the bumping. Bennett’s new album includes duets with Carrie Underwood, Willie Nelson and others.

Lady A still are number-one on Billboard’s country albums chart. George Strait’s “Here for a Good Time” is in second with “My Kinda Party” from Jason Aldean in third.

Rodney Atkins is number-one on Billboard’s country songs chart with “Take A Back Road.” “Made in America” by Toby Keith is in second, followed by “Long Hot Summer” from Keith Urban in third.

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Tony Bennett took on the Staples Center Saturday night to help benefit AARP’s Drive to End Hunger initiative.  He brought along a pair of high profile guests to help out.  Both Carrie Underwood and Stevie Wonder helped wow the crowd and celebrate Tony’s 85th birthday.

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