Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen… And likelihood is, you are conversant in a sure crimson-snouted caribou who does Santa Claus an absolute stable one foggy Christmas night time. “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer,” the stop-motion animated vacation basic, returns this week to community tv, however you will not discover it on CBS.
For its sixtieth anniversary, a particular 75-minute version of Rudolph will air Friday on NBC, the community introduced. After working on CBS for 50 years, the vacation particular is getting a homecoming on NBC, the place Rudolph first premiered to viewers Dec. 6, 1964.
If you happen to miss Friday’s particular exhibiting, don’t fret. An encore presentation is scheduled later in December. Here is the way to watch the “most well-known reindeer of all” earlier than Christmas.
When is ‘Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer’ on?
Rudolph will air Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, on NBC. Examine your native station information for the precise channel. Indianapolis viewers can discover Rudolph on NBC-affiliate station WTHR. Did you miss Friday’s exhibiting? WTHR will air a repeat exhibiting of Rudolph on Thursday, Dec. 12.
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What time is Rudolph on?
For many Hoosiers, “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer” airs 8-9:15 p.m. EST, Friday, Dec. 6, and Thursday, Dec. 12.
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Rudolph on Freeform’s ’25 Days of Christmas’ 2024
You may watch Rudolph’s adventures additionally on Freeform’s “25 Days of Christmas.” Here is a schedule of when “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer” airs on Freeform.com in 2024:
- Dec. 7 at 9:10 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 8 at 6:10 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 16 at 9:20 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 17 at 7:55 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 21 at 6:15 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
- Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. ET/PT
Does Netflix have Rudolph? Does Hulu?
No, the stop-motion model of Rudolph is not streaming on Netflix or Hulu, however it’s obtainable on different platforms.
The place are you able to stream ‘Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer’?
“Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer” is out there to stream on Apple TV+, Google Play and Sling TV. As of Friday, for $7.99, you should buy “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer” on Amazon Prime Video.
Who created Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer?
“Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer” began out as a kids’s story first launched by Montgomery Ward in 1939. The division retailer requested considered one of its copywriters, 34-year-old Robert L. Could, to create a Christmas story the shop might disclose to customers as a promotional gimmick, in accordance with the Smithsonian.
After shopping for and giving freely coloring books for Christmas yearly, Montgomery Ward needed its personal e book as a cost-saving measure. Rudolph proved fashionable, writes Smithsonian. In its first yr of publication, 2.4 million copies of Rudolph’s story have been distributed to kids.
Rudolph would later go on to change into a cartoon film after which famously a 1957 Christmas music carried out by Gene Autry.
What’s Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer about?
Rudolph is ostracized by different reindeer as a result of he was born with a shiny, glowing crimson nostril. However, on a foggy Christmas night time, Santa asks Rudolph to information his sleigh via a horrible storm, an act that saves the vacation and turns Rudolph right into a hero.
Rudolph’s stop-motion animated movie takes the the unique 88-word poem and expands it right into a 55-minute film. In it, Rudolph runs away from residence and meets a colourful solid of characters. They embody: Hermey, an elf that wishes to change into a dentist, Yukon Cornelius the prospector, a snow monster and an island of “misfit toys,” which Rudolph helps rescue earlier than returning residence to save lots of Christmas.
Who narrates ‘Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer’?
American singer and actor Burl Ives offers a memorable efficiency as “Sam the Snowman,” serving because the movie’s narrator and singing the theme music to “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer.”
The voice solid additionally contains:
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Joe Mason with Asbury Park Press and Jenna Prestininzi with Detroit Free Press contributed to this text.
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