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For the milestone 100th year, America’s National Christmas tree will light up for the holiday season on the Ellipse in the President’s Park in Washington, D.C. — and you can watch it happening with a CBS one-hour special airing this Sunday!

LL Cool J will host the 100th year of the tradition, presented by National Park Service (NPS) and National Park Foundation (NPF), which will feature performances from Gloria Estefan, Andy Grammer, Joss Stone, Shania Twain, Ariana DeBose, Yolanda Adams, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, and more singing holiday classics.

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Surprise! CBS has added another magical touch to their The More the Merrier holiday lineup — the ‘Queen of Christmas’ herself, Mariah Carey! The iconic singer will host Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All!, a two-hour primetime concert special featuring her most cherished holiday hits.

Filmed in New York City at Madison Square Garden, the world’s most famous arena, the concert special will feature the singer-songwriter performing a repertoire of her festive holiday hits, including the chart-topping massive perennial favorite “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

Special guest appearances include Drew Barrymore, Jermaine Dupri, Billy Porter, Slick Rick, and the Radio City Rockettes. Monroe and Moroccan Cannon Carey will also take the stage to celebrate the season with their mom, Mariah!

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The 24th Annual “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove” seasonal special will return to CBS this December, hosted by Gloria Estefan, and featuring more uplifting stories of adoption from foster care and raising awareness of this important social issue.

The special will be broadcast Friday, December 23rd (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) and will take place at The Grove in Los Angeles, with performances by Estefan, Andy Grammer, Little Big Town and David Foster & Kat McPhee. The award-winning special has shined a light on the thousands of American children in foster care over more than two decades, and has inspired tens of thousands of adoptions.

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CBS is bringing on the merry for the holidays with their ‘More the Merrier’ programming event filled with an giant collection of seasonal specials that will be fun for the whole family!

The network will kick off their lineup this November with the beloved tradition of the “CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade”, but you’ll be able to catch more returning favorites like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman” and “Robbie the Reindeer”, last year’s original movies “A Christmas Proposal” and “Christmas Takes Flight” as well as three brand-new original movies, “Fit For Christmas”, “Must Love Christmas” and “When Christmas Was Young”.

LL Cool J will return to host the 100th annual “National Christmas Tree Lighting” ceremony in Washington, D.C. joined by Gloria Estefan, Andy Grammer, Joss Stone and Shania Twain, and more!  “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove” will return the week of Christmas with performances by Estefan, Grammer, Little Big Town and David Foster & Kat McPhee, and the year will close out with the “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash”!

Check out the full lineup below!

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Music sensations Justin Bieber, Kane Brown, Alessia Cara and Darren Criss will all take part in the upcoming CBS special, “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove,“ which shares uplifting stories of adoption from foster care and raising awareness of this important social issue. The special will be broadcasted on Sunday, December 5th at 9:30pm ET/9pm PT.

This is the 23rd year of the “A Home for a Holidays” event, and this year it was filmed at the famed retail, dining and entertainment destination The Grove in Los Angeles, California. The award-winning special has shined a light on the thousands of American children in foster care over more than two decades, and has inspired tens of thousands of adoptions.

In addition to inspirational stories of several families and performances from the musical talent featured, country singer Brown will introduce the Rodriguez family for a special live adoption.

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Christmas may still be several weeks away, but the holiday season is officially here, and CBS is ready for it with a glowing schedule of joyful programming.

The network has prepared a plethora of specials, including the musical events “Adele One Night Only”, “One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga”, “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove featuring performances from Justin Bieber, Alessia Cara, Kane Brown and Darren Criss; traditional favorites like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman”, the Kennedy Center Honors, the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade, holiday-themed episodes of CBS original shows, and two brand new movies: “A Christmas Proposal” and “Christmas Takes Flight”.

There’s something for everyone to enjoy this year, and you can find the full lineup below to make sure you don’t miss a moment of the fun!

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CBS is ready to expand on their holiday lineup this year by adding more original content, including two movies starring network stars. In the announcement of the 2021-2022 primetime programming lineup today, the network included information on both of the CBS Original Movies: A Christmas Proposal, starring Jessica Camacho (“All Rise”) and Adam Rodriguez (“CSI: Miami”, “Criminal Minds”), and Christmas Takes Flight — cast currently unknown.

(Update: 7/8/21) – CBS announced today the production has begun for Christmas Takes Flight in British Columbia, Canada, and the film will star Katie Lowes (“Scandal”, “Smallwood”) and Evan Williams (“Versailles”, “Degrassi: The Next Generation”).

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If you’ve been bopping along to Dolly Parton‘s latest holiday album, A Holly Dolly Christmas, you’re going to love this news… Dolly is getting a Christmas television special this year!

The country music superstar (and GLOBAL ICON), will share in the spirit of the season with a one-hour holiday special, “A Holly Dolly Christmas”! The special is set to broadcast on Sunday, December 6th at 8:30 pm (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on CBS All Access.

“I am so proud to be a part of the CBS family this holiday season with my new Christmas special,” the singer said in a press statement.

“When Dolly Parton calls and tells you she wants to do a Christmas show, you don’t hesitate,” said Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music & Live Events/Alternative & Reality for CBS. “A special with the multi-Grammy Award-winning, prolific song-writing, epic live performer of all time? She had us at hello. There’s only one Dolly Parton, and we are so excited to be bringing her to viewers this holiday season.”

No word yet on whether or not any of the singers she collaborated with on the album, such as Michael Bublé, Miley Cyrus and Willie Nelson, will be a part of it. Although, I imagine they will find a way to make it happen.

“A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS” is produced by Sandollar Productions and NOZ Entertainment. Executive producers are Dolly Parton and Danny Nozell.

Stay merry!

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So much has changed this year, but there are a few things that stay merrily the same… and CBS is doing their part to keep tradition alive in our homes this holiday season!   Their beloved lineup returns with the “CBS Thanksgiving Day Celebration” highlighting Thanksgiving parades past, and you can count on the following weekend to be filled with your favorite animated classics like “Frosty the Snowman”, “The Story of Santa Claus” and “Robbie the Reindeer”.  The network will also premiere a brand-new holiday special from country music icon Dolly Parton.

Missing from the lineup? The annual “Home for the Holidays” special, which doesn’t seem to be airing due to the pandemic, and I don’t recall a mention of there being a virtual angle for it this year.

Additionally, there was no mention of the treasured “I Love Lucy Christmas” special this year, but I’ll keep you posted should it get added to the schedule.

Find out what’s airing below!

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We’re not event a week into November and it’s already been filled with lots of holiday television programming announcements. Freeform kicked the month off with their lineup while ABC revealed their holiday specials this morning, and now CBS has unveiled what they have planned for the most festive time of the year!

The network will air their own iconic Thanksgiving Day Parade coverage along with the annual Kennedy Center Honors, and you can also expect to laugh along with Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred with the traditional colorized presentation of the classic “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” episode.

Idina Menzel will be joined by Adam Lambert, Ne-Yo and Kelly Rowland as she hosts the 21st annual “A Home for the Holidays” special, and you won’t want to miss the beloved classics: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman”, “The Story of Santa Claus” + lots more!

Check out the full CBS Holiday 2019 broadcasting lineup below!