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ROSIE CHRISTMAS, A (TV)

Summary

A Christmas special hosted by Rosie O’Donnell.

Highlights include: an opening musical number featuring O’Donnell and Celine Dion performing “God Bless Us Everyone,” accompanied by a children’s chorus; ‘NSYNC and O’Donnell performing “Love’s In Our Hearts on Christmas Day”; O’Donnell and Gloria Estefan performing “Gonna Eat for Christmas”; O’Donnell and Trisha Yearwood performing “Santa On the Rooftop”; Billy Porter performing “O Holy Night”; O’Donnell singing “Walking in a Winter Wonderland,” accompanied by Donny Osmond; Darren Hayes from the band Savage Garden performing “Last Christmas”; O’Donnell appearing in an “Elf Audition” sketch parodying the musical “A Chorus Line,” also featuring Kristin Chenoweth; O’Donnell appearing alongside Elmo and performing “Do You Hear What I Hear?”; Rosemary Clooney and O’Donnell performing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”; Marc Anthony and O’Donnell performing “I Need to Know”; and O’Donnell and the assembled guests performing “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Includes commercials.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: December 5, 1999 8:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:57:23
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: B:59341
  • GENRE: Specials
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Specials; Christmas; Music
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1999
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV – Commercials – Black & Decker cleaning products
    • TV – Commercials – Buick automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Chevrolet automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Chex breakfast cereal
    • TV – Commercials – Egreetings.com online greeting cards
    • TV – Commercials – Halls lozenges
    • TV – Commercials – K-Mart department stores
    • TV – Commercials – MasterCard credit cards
    • TV – Commercials – McDonald’s restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Nestle cookie dough
    • TV – Commercials – Pets.com pet supply website
    • TV – Commercials – Piiq.com online shopping
    • TV – Commercials – Roche pharmaceuticals
    • TV – Commercials – Toysmart.com online toy store
    • TV – Commercials – Visa credit cards
    • TV – Commercials – “Jack Frost” home video release
    • TV – Commercials – “The Green Mile” motion picture
    • TV – Promos – “20/20”
    • TV – Promos – “Boy Meets World”
    • TV – Promos – “It’s Like, You Know…”
    • TV – Promos – “Odd Man Out”
    • TV – Promos – “Oh Grow Up”
    • TV – Promos – “Once and Again”
    • TV – Promos – “Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie”
    • TV – Promos – “Sabrina”
    • TV – Promos – “Sports Night”
    • TV – Promos – “The Hughleys”
    • TV – Promos – “Two Guys and a Girl”

CREDITS

  • Rosie O'Donnell … Executive Producer
  • Walter C. Miller … Executive Producer
  • Bernie Young … Coordinating Producer
  • Laurie Rich … Coordinating Producer
  • Deidre Dod … Producer
  • Corin Nelson … Producer
  • Lori E. Seid … Producer
  • Jay Trapani … Producer
  • Karen Yaeger … Producer
  • Michael Colbert … Associate Producer
  • Deborah Miller … Director
  • Warner Bros. TV Animation … Animation
  • Star Toons, International … Animation
  • Janette Barber … Writer
  • Alan Katz … Writer
  • Peter Killeen … Writer
  • Seth Rudetsky … Writer
  • Caissie St. Onge … Writer
  • Art Sears … Writer
  • Linda Smith … Writer
  • John McDaniel … Music by
  • Rosie O'Donnell … Host, Performer
  • Celine Dion … Performer
  • Marc Anthony … Performer
  • Rosemary Clooney … Performer
  • Kristin Chenoweth … Performer
  • Gloria Estefan … Performer
  • 'NSYNC … Performer
  • Donny Osmond … Performer
  • Billy Porter … Performer
  • Darren Hayes … Performer
  • Trisha Yearwood … Performer