Overview
- Coverage begins Thanksgiving morning at 8:30 a.m. in all time zones on NBC and Peacock hosted by Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker, with a 2 p.m. NBC encore, a Telemundo simulcast and live audio description on SAP.
- EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI—the singing voices of HUNTR/X from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters—join a roster that includes Ciara, Foreigner, Lil Jon, Busta Rhymes, Kool & the Gang, Darlene Love, Jewel and more, with appearances by Ilia Malinin, Jack Wallace and Sean Evans.
- Broadway is represented by Buena Vista Social Club, Just in Time and Ragtime, and the Radio City Rockettes mark their 100th anniversary with a featured performance.
- Four headline balloons debut—Buzz Lightyear, Pac‑Man, Mario and Shrek’s Onion Carriage—alongside Derpy Tiger and Sussie from KPop Demon Hunters as a midsized balloon and a balloonicle, plus reimagined classics like Rainbow and Greybow Trouts and Freida the Dachshund.
- Six new floats roll out including entries from Holland America Line, The LEGO Group, Lindt, Netflix’s Stranger Things, Pop Mart and Serta, as organizers detail a production of 5,000+ volunteers, 32 balloons, 27 floats and 11 bands and a Nov. 26 primetime Countdown special on NBC/Peacock.