Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The holiday season is here and WLTX is the place to catch all your favorite holiday specials.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS: Live from 9am to Noon
"Entertainment Tonight's" Kevin Frazier and "The Insider's" Keltie Knight will anchor what is now a CBS Thanksgiving tradition in its 55th year. The broadcast will feature portions of the 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade live from New York City and include musical performances by the Broadway casts of "Jersey Boys" and "Beautiful – The Carole King Musical!"
Saturday November 28, 2015
Frosty the Snowman: 8pm
Frosty, that "jolly, happy soul" whose old silk hat full of magic has turned him into a musical Christmas legend, once again demonstrates his unique showmanship.
Frosty Returns: 8:30pm
The magic still in his old silk hat, the holiday season's perennially popular original dancing snowman continues his adventure and skates on the edge of danger.
The Story of Santa Claus: 9pm
An animated musical holiday special featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Betty White and Tim Curry, the story revolves around a gentle toymaker whose only wish is to deliver a toy to every child on Christmas.
Tuesday December 1, 2015
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: 8pm
Narrated by Burl Ives, who is also heard as the voice of Sam the Snowman, this favorite is a music story based on the popular song of the same name by Johnny Marks. It recounts the tale of a shy reindeer whose Christmas spirit is dampened because his shiny nose has made him the laughingstock of all of Christmasville.
Tuesday December 8, 2015
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show: 10pm
Based in New York, this year's show features performances by Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez and Grammy Award®-nominated "The Weeknd." Victoria's Secret Angels will be a part of the show that merges fashion, fantasy and entertainment into a runway spectacle.
Saturday December 12, 2015
The Flight Before Christmas: 9pm
An animated holiday special about a young reindeer with ambitions of becoming an expert flyer like his father, features the voices of Emma Roberts and comedian Norm MacDonald.
Friday December 18, 2015
A Home for the Holidays: 9pm
The annual special celebrates home and family with touching stories about adoption from foster care to raise awareness for this important social issue. Inspirational stories of families are enhanced with performances by some of today's most popular artists.
Wednesday December 23, 2015
I Love Lucy Christmas Special: 8pm
Featuring two back-to-back classic episodes of the 1950s series, this year the "Christmas Episode" (first presented in December 1956), now colorized in its entirety, is paired with the newly colorized "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (aka "Vitameatavegamin," first broadcast on April 5, 1952). Both were colorized with a nod to the decade in which the shows were filmed. The main titles and end credits of the two episodes are seamlessly combined into one set – at the beginning and end of the hour – with no interruption between the episodes.
Friday December 25, 2015
The Andy Griffith Christmas Special: 8pm
This new one-hour special features two newly colorized back-to-back episodes of the classic series. The special features "The Christmas Story" and "The Pickle Story," two episodes considered favorites by all. Each is newly colorized to match as closely as possible to later episodes of the series that were actually filmed and broadcast in color. The main titles and end credits of the two episodes are seamlessly combined into one set at the beginning and end of the hour, with no interruption between the episodes.
Tuesday December 29, 2015
The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: 9pm
Singer-songwriter Carole King, filmmaker George Lucas, actress and singer Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa and actress and Broadway star Cicely Tyson will receive honors. Seated with President and Mrs. Obama, the Honorees will accept the thanks of their peers and fans through performances and heartfelt tributes.
