Netflix Sets Bill Murray Christmas Special

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Netflix will air a Christmas special in December featuing comedian Bill Murray, the OTT service announced Friday.

A Very Murray Christmas features Murray playing himself as he patiently waits for people to show up to his TV show during a New York City snows storm. The variety show features guest appearances by George Clooney, Paul Shaffer, Amy Poehler, Julie White, Dimitri Dimitrov, Michael Cera, Chris Rock, David Johansen, Maya Rudolph, Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Lewis, Frederic Moulin, Rashida Jones and Miley Cyrus.

A Very Murray Christmas is executively produced by Sofia Coppola, Mitch Glazer, Roman Coppola and Tony Hernandez. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.