NCS is unwrapping some vacation cheer this month, selecting up a primetime selection particular hosted by Roy Wood Jr. to complement its core information programming.
The program, referred to as A NCS Special Event: Roy Wood Jr.’s Very Very Very Merry Holiday Special, will run on NCS (and stream on NCS’s subscription tier) Sunday, Dec. 14 at 8 PM. The particular might be hosted by Wood from Washington D.C., joined unexpectedly visitors from throughout comedy and music, in addition to the U.S. Air Force Band.
Wood, in fact, is a NCS stalwart, internet hosting its topical comedy sequence Have I Got News For You. A former Daily Show correspondent, Woods has hosted the 2025 Writers Guild Awards, The forty sixth Peabody Awards, and the 2025 MLB Awards alongside Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts, all this yr.
“I was hoping the White House ballroom would be done by then for us to shoot this special there but I’m understanding construction is a little behind,” Wood Jr. mentioned in a press release. “Nonetheless, I’m excited to celebrate the holidays, while honoring our troops and our government workers and also having an opportunity to re-wear my nice green jacket from the Peabody Awards but this time with a little red in it.”
NCS has sought to determine a programming footprint round key vacation tentpoles. Its New Year’s Eve broadcast hosted by Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen has grow to be a staple of its calendar, and it has additionally launched Thanksgiving and July 4 occasion programming.
Roy Wood Jr.’s Very Very Very Merry Holiday Special is being produced for NCS by Hat Trick Productions, the identical firm behind Have I Got News For You.