Christmas Specials to Watch on TV This Week
Christmas Specials to Watch on TV This Week
BY SHIVANI GONZALEZ on nytimes.com
Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are available live or streaming this week, Dec. 2 to Dec. 8. Details and times are subject to change.
Cozy Up With Holiday Specials
Though you may still be snacking on Thanksgiving leftovers as we enter December, it’s officially time to get into the holiday spirit. And it shouldn’t be too hard, TV-wise at least.
For the 15th year in a row, Christmas heads to Nashville with a celebration of all things holiday and all things country on “CMA Country Christmas,” hosted by Amy Grant and Trisha Yearwood. Performers including Jon Pardi, CeCe Winans and For King + Country will sing festive favorites like “Joy to the World.” Yee-haw and happy holidays! Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ABC.
A quintessential Rockefeller Center Christmas tree — a Norway spruce — has made the yearly voyage to the big city, from its home in West Stockbridge, Mass., about 130 miles from Midtown Manhattan. Since its arrival, it has been adorned with 50,000 LED lights and a 900-pound Swarovski crystal star, and now is finally ready for its close-up. The 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center lighting ceremony will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson, with the Radio City Rockettes, the Backstreet Boys and Jennifer Hudson scheduled to perform. Wednesday at 8 p.m. on NBC.
Immediately after the tree lighting, “Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Spectacular” is set to celebrate Fallon’s new star-studded album, “Holiday Seasoning,” which dropped on Nov. 1 and features songs with the Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake and Dolly Parton. Expect them and others to celebrate with Fallon. Wednesday at 10 p.m. on NBC.
Last year Sabrina Carpenter released a holiday-themed remix to her popular song “Nonsense,” and this year she is upping the ante with “A Nonsense Christmas,” an entire holiday special. After a big tour, she’s home for the holidays and Chappell Roan, Tyla and Shania Twain are all expected to stop by and perform songs with Carpenter from her EP “Fruitcake.” Troye Sivan, Lana Del Ray and Dan Levy will also be there to pitch in on silly holiday-themed skits. Friday at 9 p.m. on Netflix.
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Jimmy Fallon Just Shared Exciting News About His Holiday Seasoning Album
Jimmy Fallon Just Shared Exciting News About His Holiday Seasoning Album
BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH on nbc.com
Jimmy Fallon is sleigh-ing the holiday season.
How to Watch
Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC weeknights at 11:35/10:35c and next day on Peacock.
Strap on your skis and get ready to be transported to a winter wonderland, because Jimmy Fallon has released a new Yuletide album, Holiday Seasoning, and it’s already a ho-ho-ho hit. Holiday Seasoning debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart and at No. 1 on the Comedy Albums chart.
“I am truly humbled by the success of Holiday Seasoning. When I asked Chat GPT to make a ‘fun holiday album’ I had no idea that it would be this big,” Fallon joked on X, following the chart-topping news. “Thank you everyone for supporting my album. (What a great list to be on?!?!?).”
The fa-la-la-la-la festivities will continue with Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Spectacular, a one-hour music special, airing December 4 on NBC, immediately following 2024’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center tree lighting. The Tonight Show Host will be joined by many of the special guests featured on Holiday Seasoning including Cara Delevingne, Dolly Parton, Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, LL COOL J, Meghan Trainor, J.B. Smoove, The Roots, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.
Holiday Seasoning hit store shelves and streaming services on November 1, and is currently available in a variety of formats. There is a Peppermint Swirl vinyl, as well as a deluxe Blizzard vinyl that comes with a sticker sheet, a holiday table topper, and a pop-up vinyl gatefold. You can also find an exclusive Ruby Red edition of the LP available at Target.
If you’re seeking stocking stuffers, there are also Holiday Seasoning sweatshirts, an “ugly sweater”, oven mitts, stockings, and a puzzle featuring Fallon trying to bake up some holiday goodies.
In November 2023, while explaining the backstory to how “Wrap Me Up,” his “Christmas banger” with Meghan Trainor happened, Fallon said, “If you know me, you know that I love the holidays. I love holiday music, and if it were up to me, I would listen to ‘Jingle Bells’ in August.”
Get all the info on the Holiday Seasoning track list featuring the Jonas Brothers, Will Ferrell, Cara Delevigne, and more below.
The collection of original tinsel tunes includes previously-released singles “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” featuring Ariana Grande & Megan Thee Stallion, “Almost Too Early For Christmas” with Dolly Parton, and “Wrap Me Up” featuring Meghan Trainor.
During Justin Timberlake’s Tonight Show appearance on September 16, he and Fallon teased their duet for the new album.
“It’s a silly song. It’s called ‘You’ll Be There’ and it’s about a bromance,” said Fallon, who shared that they recorded their track at the famous Electric Lady Studios in New York.
“I mean, it’s us,” added Timberlake as Fallon played a snippet of the song, which starts off with a ukulele. “Nothing says Christmas like a ukulele,” joked Timberlake.
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