This year, New Yorkers are thankful for free over-the-air broadcast television. (And Manhattanite cord-cutters who are not enterprising enough to get an antenna are thankful for livestreaming.) That’s because while there is technically no 2.5-mile march this year in an effort to discourage crowds, the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will go on.
The 94th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon ET (live)/PT (tape-delayed) on NBC, with a re-airing at 2 p.m. local time. The festivities will be hosted by Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker. Jimmy Fallon and The Roots will open the show.