Peter T, I agree that the machinations were pretty obvious. However, having to format the show to two hours means they had to do some serious culling. There is enough material to easily fill three times that many hours.

What I really enjoyed was seeing the 'oldsters', the ones I heard and saw from the time I was young. The new ones- Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Alan Jackson, etc- I have no emotional ties to but I can see why they had to be on the show. Without them, today's fans would not have watched the show.

So, all in all, I enjoyed the show very much.

Ebbie