By JOHN GEROME, AP Entertainment Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brad Paisley's "Online" leads the list of nominees for Monday's Country Music Television awards, which will be hosted by "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus and her father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
"Online" is up for video of the year, male video of the year, comedy video and supporting character for actor Jason Alexander, who plays a nerdy character who fantasizes about being Paisley.
The former "Seinfeld" star also directed the video.
Sugarland's "Stay" is nominated for video of the year, duo video and tearjerker video. The duo also is nominated for its performance of "Stay" during last year's show.
Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Trace Adkins all received three nominations apiece.
Director Shaun Silva has four nominations: One for video director of the year and three for his work on video of the year candidates "Stay," "Don't Blink" by Chesney and "Take Me There" by Rascal Flatts.
The fan-voted awards show airs live on CMT from Belmont University in Nashville starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Paisley and Sugarland are among the performers, which also include Chesney, Swift, Urban, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and Alan Jackson .
Several other stars will present the awards, including Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, "Dancing with the Stars" champ Julianne Hough and the Eagles' Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit.
The Eagles are up for Wide Open Country video for their song "How Long." Other artists outside the country mainstream in the running for awards are former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant for his video with Alison Krauss, "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)"; 80s pop star Huey Lewis, who teamed with Garth Brooks for a remake of Lewis' hit "Workin' For a Livin'"; and rockers Bon Jovi for "(You Want) To Make a Memory" and a project with Rimes, "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore."
The final nominees for video of the year, the top category, will be announced at the beginning of the show with voting to continue during the broadcast.
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