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F or the second consecutive year, NBC’s presenting us with a night at the theater for the holidays.

Following the success of last year’s immensely popular special “The Sound of Music Live!,” which drew in more than 18 million viewers, the network is running with what works.

“Peter Pan Live!” is a live television broadcast of the latest production of the much-loved story about a boy who refuses to grow up. “Girls” star Allison Williams will be soaring across the stage in the iconic title role, and with Oscar-winning actor Christopher Walken (“Catch Me If You Can,” 2002) donning his pirate’s hat and curly black wig as Captain Hook, the event is not to be missed. The three-hour live special airs Thursday, Dec. 4, on NBC.

This version of “Peter Pan” is just the latest in a long line of adaptations of J.M. Barrie’s play, which debuted in London in 1904. The original Broadway production came 50 years later, with Mary Martin (“Birth of the Blues,” 1941) cast as Peter and Cyril Ritchard (“Half a Sixpence,” 1967) as Hook. Both stars took home Tony Awards for their performances, and the Broadway cast album of the songs is still in print today.

This isn’t the first time NBC will be airing the musical either. Sixtyfive million viewers tuned in to the peacock network’s live broadcast of the Broadway production in 1955, and further telecasts hit the air in 1956 and 1960. They’ve come full circle with this latest production, and there’s no doubt that the ratings will be through the roof.

For anyone only familiar with Disney’s animated version of Peter Pan, it may seem odd to have a woman playing the role of a young boy, but Martin and Williams are by no means the exception to the rule. For stage productions, it’s actually become the norm for Peter to be a female part. English law at the time of the first stage production prohibited minors under the age of 14 to be on stage past 9

She’s been Peter Pan since she was

Indeed, a “Today” piece showed a picture of a three-year-old, felt-covered Williams dressed up as The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and looking cute as a button. “I’m as excited as I was as that tiny girl in my Halloween costume as I am now,” the actress said in the interview.

“Girls” fans, in which Williams plays one of the four main characters, Marnie Michaels, will have borne witness to some of the actress’ crooning chops already. With some (ahem, most) of her performances on the show coming across as pretty cringeworthy, if not without talent, you may be surprised to learn that Williams is actually classically trained in singing. Perez Hilton dug up some videos of Williams belting it out, including a performance of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and a highly praised mashup of the “Mad Men” theme song and “Nature Boy.”

“She will reinvent the iconic role of Peter Pan with her wit, her warmth, her dynamic flying and her wonderful musical abilities,” they said in a statement. “The score will be sung beautifully and introduced to a whole new generation of families.”

As for her on-stage nemesis, singing apparently isn’t Walken’s strong

suit, but his phenomenal acting chops and experience both on the silver screen and the theatrical stage should more than make up for that.

“The songs are done almost like patter,” he told “Entertainment Weekly.” “Think Rex Harrison in ‘My Fair Lady.’” And apparently, he dances, so that alone is worth tuning in for.

The cast also includes Minnie Driver (“Good Will Hunting,” 1997), who serves as narrator and also plays a grown-up Wendy who has become too old to return to Neverland. Christian Borle (“Smash”) doubles up as Mr. Darling and Hook’s right-hand man, Smee, and Kelli O’Hara (“Sex and the City 2,” 2010) portrays Mrs. Darling.

As for the format, people love a live show. It really speaks to the performers’ talent that there’s no room for mistakes or flubbed lines; you’ll be watching it just as if you were sitting in the theater with the curtain rising.

During the holidays, we tend to cling to the timeless stories we know best. Get your fill of pirates, fairies, mermaids and the flying boy who never grows up when NBC airs a special musical broadcast of “Peter Pan Live!” Thursday, Dec. 4.

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GOLF Playing Lessons (1:00)

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7:00 p.m. FSN Baseball in the Dominican Republic (0:30)

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8:00 p.m. ESPN2 NBA Coast to Coast (2:00)

FSN Baseball in the Dominican Republic (0:30)

8:30 p.m. FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN NBA Basketball Min. vs. L.A. C. Los Angeles, Calif. (1:30)

GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)

NBCSN Blitz TV (0:30)

12:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)

NBCSN Babe Winkelman (0:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)

GOLF Golf Highlights (1:00)

1:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)

FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

NBCSN National Walleye Tour (0:30)

2:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (0:30)

ESPN2 SportsNation (Live) (1:00)

FSN We Love It Outdoors (0:30)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN Americana Outdoors (0:30)

2:30 p.m. ESPN Mike & Mike (0:30)

FSN UEFA Soccer Champions League. (2:00)

NBCSN Knot Right Kayak Fishing (0:30)

3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

GOLF Big Break: Myrtle Beach (1:00)

3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)

9:00 p.m. FSN #VikingsConnected (0:30)

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NBCSN NHL Hockey Pha. vs. S.J. San Jose, Calif. (Live) (2:30)

9:30 p.m. FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (0:30)

FSN The New College Football Show (Live) (1:00)

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SHOW Inside the NFL (1:00)

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ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)

GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)

11:00 p.m. FSN Icons of Coaching (0:30)

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FSN #VikingsConnected (0:30)

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FSN FIA Rally World Championship. Wales (1:00)

GOLF Big Break: Myrtle Beach (1:00)

NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)

HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)

3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)

ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)

FSN Dodgeball Ultimate. (0:30)

GOLF Big Break: Myrtle Beach (1:00)

NBCSN NASCAR America (0:30)

4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

ESPN2 Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)

FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

NBCSN Pro Football Talk (0:30)

5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

NBCSN Fantasy Football Live (0:30)

5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

GOLF European Tour Weekly (0:30)

NBCSN NHL Live! (1:30)

6:00 p.m. ESPN Jimmy V (0:15)

ESPN2 Jim Valvano’s ESPY Speech (0:15)

FSN NHL Hockey Mtl. vs. Min. St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (2:30)

GOLF School of Golf (1:00)

6:15 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Live Scoreboard (Live) (0:15)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Mich. St. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:00)

6:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big-10 Challenge. Ia. vs. UNC (Live) (2:00)

7:00 p.m. GOLF Big Break: Myrtle Beach (1:00)

8:00 p.m. GOLF Feherty (1:00)

SPIKE Impact Wrestling (2:00)

8:15 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Vir. vs. Md. (Live) (2:00)

8:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball ACC/ Big-10 Challenge. Duke vs. Wisc. (Live) (2:00)

FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)

9:00 p.m. FSN Gopher Football with Jerry Kill (0:30)

GOLF Big Break: Myrtle Beach (1:00)

9:30 p.m. FSN Icons of Coaching (0:30)

NBCSN NFL Turning Point (1:00)

10:00 p.m. FSN The New College Football Show (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

10:15 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Wich. vs. Utah (Live) (2:00)

10:30 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)

GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)

NBCSN NFL Turning Point (1:00)

SHOW Inside the NFL (1:00)

11:00 p.m. FSN WPT Poker Five Diamond Classic. (1:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

11:30 p.m. NBCSN Barclays Premier League Review Show (1:00)

Thursday, Dec. 4

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 His & Hers (Live) (1:00)

NBCSN Bill Dance Outdoors (0:30)

11:30 a.m. GOLF Golf Central Pregame (Live) (1:30)

NBCSN Field Sports (0:30)

Noon (9) KAWE Body Electric (0:30)

ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN NHL Hockey Mtl. vs. Min. St. Paul, Minn. (1:30)

NBCSN Charlie Moore: No Offense (0:30)

12:30 p.m. NBCSN Seasons on the Fly (0:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (Live) (3:00)

NBCSN Love of the Hunt (0:30)

1:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)

FSN NBA Basketball Phi. vs. Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (1:30)

NBCSN Americana Outdoors (0:30)

2:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)

ESPN2 SportsNation (Live) (1:00)

NBCSN Babe Winkelman (0:30)

2:30 p.m. NBCSN O’Neill Outside (0:30)

3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)

ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)

FSN Dodgeball Ultimate. (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR America (0:30)

4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

ESPN2 Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)

FSN A Piece of the Game (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (3:00)

NBCSN Pro Football Talk (1:00)

5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)

FSN UFC Countdown (1:00)

5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

NBCSN Fantasy Football Live (0:30)

6:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Countdown (Live) (0:30)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball LSU vs. W.Va. (Live) (2:00)

FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

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GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (3:00)

Friday, Dec. 5

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 His & Hers (Live) (1:00)

FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)

NBCSN Off the Grid (0:30)

11:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:30)

Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)

ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN NBA Basketball Phi. vs. Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (1:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)

ESPN2 Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (3:00)

5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)

FSN Spruce Meadows (1:00)

5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

6:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball

SEC/ Big 12 Challenge. Tex. vs. Ken. (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

6:30 p.m. FSN Wolves Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Pregame Show (Live) (1:00)

FSN NBA Basketball Hou. vs. Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (2:30)

NBCSN NCAA Hockey Bos. vs. N.H. (Live) (2:30)

SYFY WWE Smackdown! (2:00)

7:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 2

Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (3:00)

8:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR

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10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)

FSN Gopher Football with Jerry Kill (0:30)

10:30 p.m. FSN Icons of Coaching (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 NBA Tonight (Live) (0:30)

FSN UEFA Champions League Magazine (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (3:00)

ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Kan.St. vs. Ten. (Live) (2:00)

2:30 p.m. (7) KCCO College Football Today (Live) (0:30)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR UFC’s Road to the Octagon (1:00)

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FSN Boxing Card TBA Golden Boy. (2:00)

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4:00 p.m. (11) KARE USSA Skiing Birds of Prey. Vail, Colo. (Live) (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

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ESPN2 NCAA Basketball St.J. vs. Syr. (Live) (2:00)

5:00 p.m. FSN UFC Unleashed (1:00)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (5:00)

NBCSN Volvo Ocean Race (0:30)

6:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Big Ten Football Pre-game (Live) (1:00)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

6:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)

6:30 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

FSN #VikingsConnected (0:30)

6:45 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)

7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Pre-game Show (Live) (0:07)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Football Big Ten Championship. Indianapolis, Ind. (Live) (3:30)

FSN Wolves Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

NBCSN NCAA Hockey Me. vs. Lowell (Live) (2:30)

WGN NBA Basketball G.S. vs. Chi. Chicago, Ill. (Live) (2:30)

7:05 p.m. (5) KSTP NCAA Football (Live) (3:15)

NBCSN Premier League Download (0:30)

6:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football C. Flo. vs. E.C. (Live) (3:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

NBCSN Premier League Download (0:30)

7:00 p.m. FSN NCAA Football Kan. vs. Kan.St. (3:00)

TNT NBA Basketball Cle. vs. N.Y. New York City, N.Y. (Live) (2:30)

7:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (3:00)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Ark. vs. Iowa (Live) (2:00)

NBCSN Mecum Dealmakers (1:00)

9:30 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30) TNT NBA Basketball N.O. vs. G.S. Oakland, Calif. (Live) (2:30)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 (2:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

10:30 p.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN WPT Poker Five Diamond Classic. (1:00)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (Live) (3:00)

1:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)

FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

2:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)

ESPN2 SportsNation (Live) (1:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

2:30 p.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)

FSN #VikingsConnected (0:30)

NBCSN F1 Extra (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)

ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)

FSN Table Tennis World Championship of Ping Pong. (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

11:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Live (Live) (0:30)

FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

Saturday, Dec. 6

11:30 a.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Wisc. vs. Marquette (Live) (2:30)

(11) KARE EPL Soccer (2:00)

1:00 p.m. FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

1:30 p.m. (11) KARE PGA Golf Round 3 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla. (Live) (2:30)

FSN Gopher Football with Jerry Kill (0:30)

GOLF EPGA Golf Round 3 Nedbank Challenge. Sun City, South Africa

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2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP College Football Countdown (Live) (1:00)

(7) KCCO CBS College Football Special (0:30)

ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:15)

FSN Darts World Championship. (1:00)

2:15 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Women’s Con. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:00)

7:30 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. vs. S.A. San Antonio, Texas (Live) (2:30)

9:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Football MWC Tournament. (Live) (3:30) HBO Boxing HBO After Dark. (2:45)

9:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)

9:45 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:15)

10:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)

ESPN2 College Football Final (Live) (2:00)

GOLF

FSN Big 12 Live (Live) (1:00)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Hero World Challenge. Windermere, Fla.

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Golf Central (1:00) NBCSN Premier League Match of the Day (2:00) 10:20 p.m. (5) KSTP Post-game Show (Live) (0:08) 10:30 p.m. FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)

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When is this going to stop? There was another fence jumper at the White House. This time it was Obama trying to get out.

I was backstage, we hadn’t even started the show, and I heard Fox News officially declare that it’s too close to call this a show.

President Obama has two years left as president. I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets to appoint two new Kardashian husbands.

The movie “Interstellar” opens today, starring Matthew McConaughey. There’s trouble in the universe, and you know things have gone bad if Matthew McConaughey is going to straighten them out.

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel

I think I voted today. Is voting the one where they give you apple juice and a cookie? Wait, I might have given blood, I don’t know.

Did you hear that Miley Cyrus is dating Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son? His son Patrick. I didn’t even know Miley broke up with that foam finger. They seemed so happy together.

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Hassan Haji (Dayal) and his family, uprooted from their native India, re-establish themselves in a charming village in the south of France. With Hassan’s extraordinary culinary abilities in mind, the family launches a flavourful Indian restaurant with a different taste to the area. But the restarant happens to be located directly across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant run by the haughty Madame

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The third time’s the charm, right? That has to be what ABC is hoping with “The Taste,” its own entrant in the highly competitive (and also highly popular) cooking competition genre. Fox has proven with “MasterChef” and “Hell’s Kitchen” that primetime audiences have an appetite for these kinds of shows and that they can find a home off of the Food Network — unfortunately, other networks haven’t been able to crack that nut open just yet.

It’s not through lack of trying, though. “The Taste” premiered back in 2013 and received lackluster reception for its first season. Its second, which premiered in January of this year, shook things up a bit by switching out one of the judges and tweaking the format. It wound up receiving a much warmer reception from critics, but suffered through lower audience numbers than it pulled in for its first outing.

Despite the disappointing viewership numbers, ABC is giving “The Taste” a third course, starting on Thursday, Dec. 4, on the alphabet network. It’s not hard to see why. It features four big culi-

nary names that have a great screen presence, and the format is similar to NBC’s hit singing competition “The Voice.”

Much like Fox’s “MasterChef,” each season of “The Taste” begins with hopefuls presenting their signature dishes to a panel of judges who must decide whether they want each potential contestant on their team. The judges also

act as mentors, with each judge assembling their own chosen team of cooks to guide through a series of culinary challenges.

True to its name, though, the judges of “The Taste” don’t get to interact with the hopefuls at all at this stage — they don’t even know what ingredients went into the dish. It’s a blind taste test, with one spoonful determining whether the hopefuls move on to the actual competition or go home with an empty stomach.

The judges themselves are culinary experts who know great

food when they taste it. Anthony Bourdain (“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”), English gourmet and foodie Nigella Lawson (“Nigella Bites”), French chef Ludo Lefebvre (“Ludo Bites America”) and “Top Chef Masters” winner Marcus Samuelsson.

“The Taste” is certainly one of the more interesting cooking competitions on television. With high-profile judges and a format that’s unique in this genre, the only thing it’s missing is a bigger audience. Season 3 kicks off on Thursday, Dec. 4, on ABC.

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