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December Programming
December means Pledge at MPT and many, many wonderful programs to enjoy. We can't begin to list them all, but here are some highlights!
The Brit Coms will not be on the first week of December nor will they be on the Saturdays of December 6, 13, or 20 but you have some fine programs to watch in their place. Begin your December television viewing by watching Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work at 1:30 pm on Monday, December 1. This is followed by Celtic Women at 3 pm and Radio City Christmas Spectacular at 5 pm.
After the nightly news programs, we bring you Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter at 8 pm. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon comes on at 9:30 pm (repeats on Friday, December 5 at 10 p.m.) and then The Doors: Live in Europe at 11 pm.
Tuesday, December 2 brings us Great Performances: Domingo, Netrebko & Villazon: Three Stars in Vienna for our afternoon viewing enjoyment at 1:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter returns.
If you enjoy Great Performances on Tuesday, tune in Wednesday, December 3 at 1:30 p.m. for Pavoratti: A Life in Seven Arias. Stay tuned and switch gears at 3:30 p.m. for My Music: Love Songs of the 50s and 60s.
The evening of December 3 don't miss the premiere of MPT-produced 3 Mo' Divas: A New Concert Smashing Musical Barriers. You will love this! It's electrifying! This will repeat on Saturday, December 13 at 4 p.m.
On Thursday, December 4 at 3 p.m., continue enjoying the great music we bring, this time with Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia. This program repeats in the evening at 10 p.m. But before this, at 8 p.m., dance to American Soundtrack: Doo Wops Greatest Hits.
Saturday, December 6 brings us more music! At 10 a.m., Celtic Women: A New Journey will be on. At 1:30 p.m. Doo Wops Greatest Hits repeats and at 7 p.m. Boyz II Men: Motown Journey Through Hitsville USA will be brought to you.
And this is just the first week of December!
There is music beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, December 7 and goes through the day. At 5:00 p.m. Thundering Hooves: Maryland Steeplechase Racing, an MPT production, returns. This is followed by Anúna: Christmas Memories at 6:30 p.m. (repeats on Monday, December 22 at 10 p.m. and Wednesday, December 24 at 11 p.m.) followed by Pavarotti in Central Park at 8 p.m.
Monday, December 9 at 8 p.m., Frontline brings us From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians. Wednesday, December 10 at 9:30 p.m. we offer Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
On Saturday, December 13, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison will be on for our viewing enjoyment.
Not dancing material for sure but immensely important viewing, will be on Monday, December 14 at 9 p.m. with Get Ready for Digital. It's a fact that on February 17, 2009 the analog signal that we are all used to watching will be turned off and all signals will be digital. Get the facts during this half-hour program. This is followed at 9:30 p.m. by Richard Tucker Music Foundation: An Opera Celebration.
Blues Divas comes to us on Tuesday, December 14 at 9 p.m. Wednesday, December 17 at 8 p.m. brings us another Great Performances - this time Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker.
Sunday, December 21 at 3:30 p.m., tune into Lights: Celebrate Hanukkah Live in Concert. Gather the children around the television on Tuesday, December 23 at 8 p.m. for Arthur's Perfect Christmas. Rick Steve's European Christmas follows at 9 p.m. and then Great Performances: Renee Fleming Sacred Songs and Carols at 10 p.m.
Stay with us on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 for Christmas with the Morman Tabernacle Choir Featuring the King's Singers at 8 p.m. The music continues at 9 p.m. with Christmas Celtic Sojourn Live, followed by Celtic Women: A Christmas Celebration and then, as we mentioned earlier, Anúna: Christmas Memories.
Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25 will bring us more beautiful programming beginning at 9 p.m. with Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone, then Holiday Homecoming with Angela Brown and, finally, Mr. Christmas.
Sunday, December 28, tune in for Walking the Bible from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
New Year's Eve at 9:30 p.m. tune in for Live From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala Concert. You can share a glass of the bubbly while watching!
Last, but certainly not least, Volvo Ocean Race, with all of its highly intense action, comes to you each Saturday in December at 6 p.m. You don't want to miss a minute of this race!
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