The Special, Presented by Toyota, Will Feature Star-Studded Performances by Thalia, Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Hudson, the Iconic Radio City Rockettes, and Many More
MIAMI — December 2, 2024 — Telemundo is set to broadcast New York City’s most iconic holiday tradition for the first time with “Navidades en Rockefeller Center” (Christmas in Rockefeller Center), live on Wednesday, December 4 at 9 PM/8C. Presented by Toyota, the special will be hosted by Telemundo’s Frederik Oldenburg and Jimena Gállego, together with Gabriel Coronel, and will feature performances by global superstars Thalia, Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, the renowned Radio City Rockettes, and many more.
The annual holiday special will celebrate the lighting of a 74-foot tall, 43-foot-wide Norway Spruce from West Stockbridge, Mass. The tree weighs approximately 11 tons, will be adorned with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights and topped with a three-dimensional Swarovski star.
As the presenting sponsor, Toyota will bring the country’s premier holiday tradition to Spanish-language audiences for the first time ever. Their spot, “Naughty List,” will also air during the special broadcast.
Viewers can catch the Navidades en Rockefeller special live on Telemundo or via the Telemundo App available on Google Play Store and Apple Store. Viewers can learn more about Telemundo’s programming on Telemundo.com or join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram and X via @Telemundo.
About NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises:
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises leads the media industry in the production and distribution of Spanish-language content for U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. The company serves U.S. Hispanics through its national broadcast network, the cable network Universo, and digital platforms including the Telemundo app, a suite of FAST channels, and streaming services, such as Peacock, among others. The Telemundo Network offers Spanish-language entertainment, news, and sports content reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic TV households in 210 markets through 30 owned stations and 91 affiliate stations. Telemundo also owns an independent station serving Puerto Rico. Anchored on Telemundo Studios, the network is the #1 producer of scripted Spanish-language content in the U.S., and the only network to produce original content specifically for US Hispanic audiences. Offering over 600 hours of reality TV shows a year, Telemundo is considered the undisputed Home of Reality TV in Hispanic media. The network is also the exclusive Spanish-language home of the world’s two most popular sporting events, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
About Toyota:
Toyota (NYSE:TM), creator of the Prius hybrid and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota and Lexus brands, and directly employs more than 63,000 people in North America (more than 49,000 in the U.S.).
Over the past 65 years, Toyota has assembled nearly 47 million cars and trucks in North America at the company’s 14 manufacturing plants. In 2025, the company’s plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles.
Through our more than 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.), Toyota sold more than 2.6 million cars and trucks (more than 2.2 million in the U.S.) in 2023, of which more than one quarter were electrified vehicles (full battery, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell).
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