PBS Holiday Programming 2007-2008

PBS Holiday Programming 2007-2008

- New Specials and Returning Favorites Make PBS the Place to Be for Great TV for the Whole Family This Holiday Season -

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New holiday specials featuring Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Bell and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir highlight PBS' primetime schedule this holiday season, while PBS KIDS(R) and PBS KIDS GO!sm celebrate the winter season with episodes featuring Clifford, Arthur and other favorite characters. PBS is a home for the holidays for the whole family this season.

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Broadcast Premieres

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER "Jazz @ Lincoln Center: Red Hot Holiday Stomp"
Monday, December 10, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET

This annual holiday concert, hosted by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, is an evening of joyous music and storytelling featuring jazz musicians who bring Big Easy-style holiday cheer to the Big Apple.

L.A. HOLIDAY CELEBRATION 2007
Monday, December 10, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET

From rhythm and blues, East L.A.-style, to Cambodian court dance, this music and dance special reflects the remarkably varied cultural mosaic of Los Angeles, rarely experienced on national television.

CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR FEATURING SISSEL

Wednesday, December 19, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET; rpt. Monday, December 24, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET

European singing sensation Sissel joins the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square in this year's concert.

CHRISTMAS AT ST. OLAF: WHERE PEACE AND LOVE AND HOPE ABIDE
Wednesday, December 19, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET

This Christmas special features the renowned choirs and orchestra of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT (2007)
Monday, December 24, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET

"American Idol" finalist Melinda Doolittle hosts a program featuring a Christmas repertoire ranging from traditional carols to classical masterworks to lighthearted secular songs, in Nashville's new Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER "New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Joshua Bell's Romantic Violin"

Monday, December 31, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET

PBS rings in the New Year in style, as acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell joins the New York Philharmonic in a live concert from Avery Fisher Hall.

GREAT PERFORMANCES "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2008"
Tuesday, January 1, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET and 8:00-9:30 p.m. ET

PBS returns to Vienna's Musikverein for its 24th-annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Walter Cronkite.

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JERRY HERMAN
Tuesday, January 1, 9:30-11:00 p.m. ET

This special chronicles the life and career of one of the American musical theater's iconic figures: Jerry Herman, the composer and lyricist of the smash hit shows Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles.

CELTIC WOMAN: A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
December 2007 (check local listings)

Singers Chloe, Lisa, Meav, Orla and fiddler Mairead perform popular classics such as "White Christmas," "Carol of the Bells," "Little Drummer Boy," "O Holy Night" and "Let It Snow" in Dublin's prestigious Helix Centre.

NORTHERN LIGHTS: AN EVENING WITH SISSEL AND FRIENDS
December 2007 (check local listings)

This vibrant new PBS special brings together one of the brightest talents of the 21st century -- the lovely and popular Sissel -- with acclaimed tenor Jose Carreras in the 17th-century Norwegian village of Roros, where little has changed since 1650.

Encore Presentations

NATURE "Christmas in Yellowstone," (Repeat)
Sunday, December 23, 2007, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

Breathtaking landscapes frame intimate scenes of wolves and coyotes, elk and bison, and bears and otters in this special that takes a look at a holiday season of a different sort -- in the great winter world of Yellowstone.

MR. CHRISTMAS (Repeat)
December 2007 (check local listings)

This uplifting holiday movie centers around a young father, Joel, who can't afford to buy his five-year-old daughter the bicycle she's expecting from Santa Claus.

ONCE UPON A SLEIGH RIDE (Repeat)
December 2007 (check local listings)

This film chronicles the life and work of "Sleigh Ride" composer Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) through interviews with colleagues, family members and others who knew him.

Find hi-res images and more information about PBS holiday programming on PBS PressRoom at http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/pbs_holiday_2007.

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