People and CMT are saddling up for a television special on the magazine’s quarterly country music issue.

Allison DeMarcus of “CMT Insider” will host the half-hour program. It will include behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the People issue, which features interviews with Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black, Kenny Chesney and Luke Bryan, among others.

The country issue of People hits newsstands May 16. The TV special will air the following day on CMT at 1:30 p.m. EDT with encores May 18 at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. EDT.