Austin City Limits has announced it has canceled its 2020 Austin City Limits Hall of
Fame Induction & Celebration, slated for October, but will host the gala
fundraiser for the long-running series and Austin PBS (KLRU-TV’s new name), on
Oct. 28, 2021. Inductees for 2020 had not yet been announced.
The live-to-tape TV show, which holds the record as the longest-running music
series on American television, will begin its 46th season this fall with a mix
of new, already-taped episodes and selections from its archives.
Producers are also compiling “The Best of Austin City Limits Hall of Fame,” a
special episode slated to air nationally on PBS stations this winter. Since
starting its Hall of Fame in 2014, Austin City Limits has inducted a
range of artists including Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, Flaco Jiménez,
Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and Stevie Ray
Vaughan & Double Trouble. The event is held at ACL Live at the Moody
Theater, the downtown Austin venue where the TV show is taped.
