NBC is the newest broadcast community to agency up its plans for the Holiday season.
Starring the worldwide famous person and 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas will air Thursday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
Musical visitors Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmie Allen, Zach Williams and Miley Cyrus be part of Dolly on the two-hour vacation particular.
Tom Everett Scott, Angel Parker and Ana Gasteyer additionally star. Mary Lane Haskell, Bryan Batt, Brendan Bradley, John Newberg, Rachel Parton George, Cassie Parton Griffith, Rhoda Griffis, Liam Rauhoff, and Steve Summers spherical out the solid.
The movie will embrace a pair of Dolly’s iconic songs (“9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You”) in addition to a brand new vacation melody.
“In all, there are numerous songs that capture the spirit of Christmas and the importance of gathering with family during the holidays,” NBC’s press launch teases.
“A modern-day movie musical about the making of a network TV special, Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas is the frenetic backstage story and delightful on-camera results of Dolly’s desire to uplift an exhausted world’s spirits by sharing the unique mountain magic she has always found in and around Dollywood at Christmas.”
“Throughout the movie’s production numbers and rehearsal chaos, Dolly finds herself taking a private journey into her past, guided by the mysterious appearances of her personal Three Wise Mountain Men.”
“When it’s time for her big special to air, a renewed and inspired Dolly goes rogue and shows the world that the real magic of Christmas lies in the hearts of the children we all once were, the realization that Christmas is about the people we share it with, and how her faith remains the common thread between Christmases past, present, and future.”
David Rambo wrote and government produced with Sam Haskell and Dolly Parton.
Joe Lazarov directed and government produced. Hudson Hickman additionally government produced. Billy Levin and Steve Summers function producers.
Emmy Award-winning Kathryn Burns choreographed the musical numbers alongside assistant choreographer David Hull.
Warner Bros. Television produced in affiliation with Magnolia Hill Productions and Sandollar Productions.
Paul Dailly is the Associate Editor for TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter.
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