Skye Dakota Turner

93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker

More than 8,000 participants, some donning clown costumes, handling balloon giants or striking up the band, will set off down the streets of Manhattan at the sound of the time-honored catchphrase "Let's Have a Parade." With a live audience more than 3.5 million strong and a nationwide television gathering of more than 50 million viewers, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the nation's most beloved holiday pageant.

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Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.