NBC UniversalNBC’s annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center holiday special will be the usual star-studded affair this year.
Diana Ross and Tony Bennett are among the many artists who will perform on the show, which airs Wednesday, November 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The lineup also includes pop/R&B star John Legend, a cappella group Pentatonix and country artists Martina McBride, Brett Eldredge and Kellie Pickler. More acts will be announced soon.
Howie Mandel will also make a special appearance on the two-hour special, which will be co-hosted by NBC’s Today show anchors and feature the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 72-foot-tall Norway Spruce from Wallkill, New York.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was first erected in 1931, but NBC televised it for the first time in 1951. This 86th annual tree lighting will feature more than 50,000 multi-colored lights, and a 900-pound 3-D star covered in three million Swarovski crystals.
In other NBC holiday special news, Entertainment Tonight reports that Stevie Wonder will be among the guests featured on John Legend’s A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy — which airs November 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, right after the tree-lighting special. Legend’s special will repeat on December 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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