Dolly Parton’s upcoming Christmas TV special will feature a star-studded list of guests. Casted guest stars include, according to a press release on Monday (August 29): Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmie Allen and Zach Williams.
Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, set to air on NBC, will also star Tom Everett Scott, Ana Gasteyer and Angel Parker, with additional cast members to be announced at a later date, the network announced.
“I never need an excuse to go hang out with [Dolly Parton] and eat some Tennessee BBQ, but this trip was extra special,” Fallon posted on Instagram on Monday. “I’m so excited to kick off the holidays at Dollywood for Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas - this holiday season on [NBC].”
Here’s the full description of Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, via NBC:
“A modern-day movie musical about the making of a network TV special, Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas is the frenetic backstage story and delightful on-camera results of Dolly’s desire to uplift an exhausted world’s spirits by sharing the unique ‘mountain magic’ she has always found in and around Dollywood at Christmas. Throughout the movie’s production numbers and rehearsal chaos, Dolly finds herself taking a private journey into her past, guided by the mysterious appearances of her personal Three Wise Men. When it’s time for her big special to air live, a renewed and inspired Dolly goes rogue and shows the world that the real magic of Christmas lies in the hearts of the children we all once were, the realization that Christmas is about the people we share it with, and how her faith remains the common thread between Christmases past, present, and future.”