Christmas in Rockefeller Center

NBC kicks off the holiday season with the annual lighting of the iconic Christmas tree in the heart of New York City with the "89th Christmas in Rockefeller Center." The evening combines festive musical performances by Alessia Cara, Harry Connick Jr., Mickey Guyton, Norah Jones, Brad Paisley, Rob Thomas, Carrie Underwood, and more. Also, the evening includes a duet featuring Paisley and Thomas and a special performance by the Radio City Rockettes.

NBC News' TODAY co-anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, and Craig Melvin host the highly anticipated holiday special. Before the primetime telecast, an additional live hour of the special will be broadcast on all NBC Owned Television Stations and numerous NBC affiliates from coast to coast, starting at 7 p.m. ET. Access Daily and Access Hollywood's Mario Lopez and NBC 4 New York's Natalie Pasquarella and David Ushery host this special live hour.

NBC kicks off the holiday season by lighting one of the world's most famous Christmas trees in the heart of New York City for the 90th time with the annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center."

Viewers are treated to festive performances by Jimmie Allen, Andrea Bocelli along with Matteo Bocelli and Virginia Bocelli, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Brett Eldredge, Mickey Guyton, Alicia Keys, The Muppets of Sesame Street, Dan + Shay, Blake Shelton, The Shindellas, Gwen Stefani, Louis York and more. The evening also includes a performance by the Radio City Rockettes from their iconic "Christmas Spectacular" and a special bit by Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph. Plus, Shelton and Stefani deliver a rare nationally televised duet of their holiday single, "You Make It Feel Like Christmas."

NBC News "TODAY" co-anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Craig Melvin, with "Access Hollywood" host Mario Lopez, co-host the highly anticipated live telecast.

The holiday special celebrates the lighting of an 82-foot-tall, 50-foot-wide Norway spruce from Queensbury, New York. The tree weighs approximately 14 tons and will be adorned with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights and topped with a three-dimensional Swarovski star covered in 3 million crystals.

The 91st annual tree-lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season with a dazzling display of musical talents, star-studded surprises, and the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree; Emmy and Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson hosts.

NBC News' TODAY co-anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, and Craig Melvin co-host the highly anticipated holiday special. 

Before the special, an additional live hour broadcasts on various NBC channels and affiliates nationwide, starting at 7 p.m. ET and hosted by ACCESS Hollywood Host Mario Lopez and WNBC anchors Natalie Pasquarella and David Ushery.