Holiday Programming Schedule for CBS

“The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS” Kicks Off the Network’s Holiday Season of Special Events

Two New Animated Specials—Hallmark’s “hoops&yoyo Ruin Christmas” and “The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf’s Story” Make Their Holiday Debuts 

Nominations in Several Grammy Categories Will Be Announced on “The Grammy® Nominations Concert Live!—Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night®”  

Victoria’s Secret Angels Star in “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show,” Featuring Musical Guests Cee Lo Green, Kanye West and Maroon 5  

Rebroadcasts of CBS’s Animated Seasonal Favorites Also Return

CBS’s holiday season-special events include the debuts of two new animated specials—HOOPS&YOYO RUIN CHRISTMAS, from Hallmark, and THE ELF ON THE SHELF:  AN ELF’S STORY, along with encore broadcasts of the animated holiday specials YES, VIRGINIA, A FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS.

 

Also scheduled is THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE and the annual visits of RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER and FROSTY THE SNOWMAN.

CBS’s music-filled special events include THE VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW, featuring musical guests Cee Lo Green, Kanye West and Maroon 5,  THE GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE!—COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT®, with performances by Lady Gaga and country artist Jason Aldean and host LL COOL J;  THE 13TH ANNUAL A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS and THE 34TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS.

 

CBS’s Holiday Programming:

 

Thursday, Nov. 24

THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS (9:00 AM-Noon, live ET; 8:00 AM-11:00 AM, live CT; 7:00 AM-10:00 AM, live MT; 9:00 AM-Noon, delayed PT)  — Kevin Frazier, co-host of “The Insider,” and Christina McLarty, correspondent for “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider,” will anchor this CBS Thanksgiving tradition now in its 51st year which will feature portions of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade live from New York City.

 

Friday, Nov. 25

HOOPS&YOYO RUIN CHRISTMAS (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) — This new animated holiday special presented by Hallmark, follows the unexpected adventure of the comical pink kitty and green bunny team, hoops&yoyo, after they become accidental stowaways on Santa’s sleigh. Click here for preview.

 

Friday, Nov. 25

THE ELF ON THE SHELF: AN ELF’S STORY (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) —A new animated feature based on the bestselling holiday children’s book The Elf on the Shelf, follows one of the many scout elves from the North Pole, who helps Santa Claus determine who to put on the naughty and nice lists. Click here for preview.

 

Tuesday, Nov. 29

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) —The classic holiday special, narrated by Burl Ives, who is also heard as the voice of Sam the Snowman, 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 laughing stock of all of Christmasville.

 

Tuesday, Nov. 29

THE VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) — This year’s show from New York features world famous models Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Candace Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Lindsey Ellingson and others and will include red carpet interviews, model profiles and a behind the scenes look at the making of the world’s most famous fashion show.  Musical guests include Cee Lo Green, Kanye West and Maroon 5.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 30

THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE!

COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT (10:00-11:00 PM, live ET delayed PT) — For the fourth consecutive year, this special will set the stage for the annual Grammy Awards telecast and announce nominations in several categories, as well as feature performances by past Grammy winners and/or nominees.  Two-time Grammy Award winner LL COOL J hosts, with Lady Gaga and country artist Jason Aldean among those scheduled to perform live from the Nokia Theatre in L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

 

Friday, Dec. 9

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) — 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.  Narrated by Jimmy Durante, the special also includes the voices of Jackie Vernon (as Frosty) and Billy De Wolfe (as Professor Hinkle).  (Rebroadcast)

 

Friday, Dec. 9

FROSTY RETURNS (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) —The magic still in his old silk hat, the holiday season’s perennially popular original dancing snowman continues his adventures and skates on the edge of danger.  Jonathan Winters is the narrator with John Goodman as the voice of Frosty. (Rebroadcast)

 

Friday, Dec. 9

YES, VIRGINIA (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) —This animated special is based on the 1897 true story of Virginia O’Hanlon, an 8-year-old girl who inspired the most famous newspaper editorial of all time by asking “Is there a Santa Claus?”  Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alfred Molina voice key characters.  Beatrice Miller (“Ice Age:  Dawn of the Dinosaurs”) voices the role of Virginia (Rebroadcast).

 

Saturday, Dec. 10

THE FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) —An animated holiday special about a young reindeer with ambitions of becoming an expert flyer like his father, features the voices of Emma Roberts (“Hotel for Dogs”) and comedian Norm MacDonald (“Saturday Night Live”). (Rebroadcast)

 

Saturday, Dec. 17

THE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) — This animated musical holiday special, featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Betty White and Tim Curry, revolves around a gentle toymaker whose only wish is to deliver a toy to every child on Christmas. (Rebroadcast)

 

Wednesday, Dec. 21

13TH ANNUAL A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) — Along with musical performances, story segments feature celebrities who either have their own adoption experiences or are involved with children’s issues.  The stories highlight many exceptional American children and families involved in the adoption process.

 

Tuesday, Dec. 27

THE 34th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) — Singer Barbara Cook, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins and actress Meryl Streep will receive honors for 2011.  In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage, the 2011 Honorees will be saluted by great performers from Hollywood and the arts capitols of the world.  Seated with President and Mrs. Obama, the Honorees will accept the thanks of their peers and fans through performances and heartfelt tributes.

THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS REINDEER MUST HELP FIND BABY NEW YEAR BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL, “RUDOLPH’S SHINY NEW YEAR”

Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam Provide Voices

It’s Rudolph to the rescue when Happy, the Baby New Year, goes missing in “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year,” the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated holiday special. Red Skelton narrates and voices Father Time, while Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam also provide voices for characters, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD 12/26/06)

Father Time (voiced by narrator Red Skelton) asks the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph, to find the next Baby New Year before midnight on New Year’s Eve. The baby, named Happy, ran away because he was ridiculed by everyone he met due to his large ears. Unless Happy returns in time to take his position as the New Year, the date will perpetually be December 31st. Rudolph searches in the Archipelago of Last Years, a mystical group of islands; Father Time reveals that, when a year ends, the old year retires to the archipelago, and selects an island to keep. Then, time on that island remains frozen for eternity as the year in which the old year ruled. Rudolph subsequently visits the islands belonging to One Million B.C., “O.M.” for short (Morey Amsterdam), a caveman whose island is filled with dinosaurs. Then he meets Sir 1023 (Frank Gorshin), a knight whose island is filled with medieval trappings and fairy tale characters, and 1776, who resembles Benjamin Franklin and whose island reflected colonial-era United States. All of these former years join Rudolph on his quest.

As Rudolph and his friends search for the baby, they also repeatedly deal with the villain of the story, a buzzard named Aeon. Aeon is destined to only live until he is one aeon old, after which he turns into ice and snow; however, his aeon is finally up on December 31st. Aeon thus is also looking for Happy, so he can prevent his predestined death on December 31st and live forever. Rudolph and his friends succeed in rescuing Happy from Aeon (as well as preventing Aeon’s death in the process), and return Happy to Father Time’s castle in time to begin the new year.

“Rudolph’s Shiny New Year” was directed and produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. It was written by Romeo Muller. Original music is by Johnny Marks. This program carries a TV-G parental guideline.

EDWARD NORTON AND HIS FAMOUS FRIENDS ARE ON CROWDRISE MAKING IT FUN, ADDICTIVE AND COMPETITIVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS

Norton and a slew of his famous friends are helping to make it ridiculously fun, a little bit competitive and slightly addictive for everyone to give to their favorite cause this holiday season.

December 2, 2010 (NY, NY) – Edward Norton announced today that his social philanthropy and fundraising site Crowdrise.com <http://Crowdrise.com/> , which recently partnered with the New York Road Runners to help raise over $30 million for the ING New York City Marathon, 2010, is launching a new campaign for the holiday season called the Crowdrise Holiday Fundraiser Thing (CHFT).  Crowdrise brings the power of crowdsourcing and the fun of social networking to giving back and Norton has enlisted over 20 of his “sort of famous friends” to help get everyone to participate.

The ever growing list of celebrities getting involved on Crowdrise include: Ashton Kutcher, Will Ferrell, Edward Norton, Liz Banks, Jonah Hill, Kristen Bell, Paul Rudd, Mandy Moore, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Christina Applegate, Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols, Flea, Kate Walsh, Robin Quivers, Jason Bateman, Patricia Arquette, Russell Brand, Glen Hansard, Rosie Perez, John Legend, Paul Pierce, David Blaine and Barbra Streisand.

http://www.crowdrise.com/celebrity-fundraisers

Crowdrise is encouraging, and really peer pressuring, the rest of the world to get involved in a few different ways.

1.  Assuming people are decent typists, in one minute or less, they can join a celebrity’s fundraising team and help them raise money for their cause.  So, if someone wants to raise money for the American Cancer Society they can join Paul Rudd’s team and then reach out to their own friends and family and ask everyone to donate to their campaign under Paul’s umbrella.

2.  People can start their own personal fundraiser for the charity that they care about most and have a chance to win $3,000 for their campaign from Judd Apatow.  That’s right, super writer, producer, and director Judd Apatow, is donating $3,000 to the top three non-celebrity fundraising campaigns as long as everyone promises to watch all of his movies from now until eternity and to read his book “I Found This Funny” which he wrote to raise money for 826 National.

3. People can donate to any charity and send a holiday e-Card to the person they’re donating on behalf of.  They’re predicting this is the only present that most people won’t end up regifting, recycling, throwing away or just getting mad about receiving this year.  Basically, a donation is the best present ever.

Crowdrise has amassed a collection of amazing prizes and contests for those “slightly self-interested” folks who donate and fundraise.  Some of the prizes include: a cowbell signed by Will Ferrell, North Face Jackets, a signed Ashton Kutcher poster for the movie No Strings Attached (which isn’t even out yet), and a Live Chat with Paul Rudd.  And Kristen Bell, Patricia Arquette and Will Ferrell are incentivizing people to do some holiday shopping on Crowdrise.  Bell is selling a necklace she designed that goes to benefit Invisible Children, Arquette is selling jewelry to benefit her charity which is raising money for Haiti and Ferrell is selling suntan lotion with a photo of him naked on it to benefit his Cancer for College campaign. Contests and prizes will be added to Crowdrise regularly so that everyone can keep coming back to embrace the chaos.

Crowdrise founder, Edward Norton, recently said, “People like to do nice things for each other and have fun around the holidays so we put this together in that spirit. And, hey, if you can get a guy with a 3rd degree black belt and a reputation for fierce, dark action films like Judd Apatow to bring out his funnier, goofy and generous side, you’ve got to be doing something right.”

According Judd Apatow, “I think Crowdrise came to me because when they were looking for corporate sponsorship, they thought Pepsi? No. Nike? No. Apatow… yes.  Really though, Crowdrise is helping make fundraising fun. I love that and I want to be a part of it. This is a great community of regular people hustling for charity and I wanna introduce an element of vicious competition to it all. I hope that doesn’t ruin the good vibes.”

Crowdrise’s slogan is “If You Don’t Give Back No One Will Like You” and they’re hoping that their drive to push holiday giving will result in the whole world embracing and French-kissing each other like mad come New Year’s Eve.

About Crowdrise
Crowdrise is an innovative, crowdsourcing community of fundraisers and volunteers who are raising money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it. Whether you’re running a marathon, volunteering, or have causes that you care deeply about, create your own fundraising pages on Crowdrise and raise money for over a million charities. Crowdrise also empowers nonprofit organizations to raise money in new ways by turning their grassroots supporters into grassroots fundraisers. Crowdrise is way more fun than anything else aside from being all nervous about trying to kiss a girl for the first time and her not saying something like “you’ve got to be kidding me.”
http://www.crowdrise.com/