Music on TV this week: Paul Simon; Mariah Carey; Thanksgiving Parade; live concert streams
by Luke Taylor
November 19, 2018
Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. We'll also post videos of performances as the week progresses.
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This week's schedule
It's Thanksgiving week, which pushes a lot of programming into encore mode as the week progresses. In the meantime, Mariah Carey is going full-court press following last Friday's release of her new album, Caution. Also on the docket are Paul Simon and the New Zealand brother-sister duo, Broods.
Outside the broadcast realm but no less accessible are a couple of live-concert streams: Monday brings Austin City Limits' taping of Willie Nelson, and on Saturday, The Current will bring you a live stream of Hippo Campus in concert at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul.
Here's the complete rundown. Check your local listings for broadcast times.*
Monday, Nov. 19
Mariah Carey, Good Morning America (ABC) | Carey's album Caution featured on The Current's Music News, Nov. 16, 2018
Willie Nelson — online preview: Austin City Limits is live-streaming its taping of Willie Nelson on Monday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. Central
Bono, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, RED benefit show (ABC)
Mariah Carey, Watch What Happens Live (Bravo)
Broods, Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
Let's Eat Grandma, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Sept. 24 (NBC)
Tuesday, Nov. 20
Ne-Yo, The Real (NBC)
Wednesday, Nov. 21
Mariah Carey, Live with Kelly and Ryan (network varies; check your local listings)
Thursday, Nov. 22 - Thanksgiving Day
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC) - featuring Diana Ross, John Legend, Ella Mai, Barenaked Ladies, others | Music News: Here's who's singing on floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 1, 2018
William Elliott Whitmore, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Sept. 27 (NBC)
Friday, Nov. 23
Lady Gaga, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; note: rerun from Oct. 4 (CBS)
The Record Company, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Sept. 19 (NBC) | The Record Company perform a Microshow at Icehouse in Minneapolis, July 9, 2018
Saturday, Nov. 24
John Hiatt, CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions (CBS) | Bill DeVille interviews John Hiatt, Oct. 14, 2018
Hippo Campus — live concert stream from the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Minn., via The Current
James Bay; Rhiannon Giddens, Austin City Limits; note: rerun from Oct. 8, 2016 (PBS)
• Rhiannon Giddens in studio at Radio Heartland, 2015
*Schedule subject to change.
Watch again: See last week's highlights.
External Links
Good Morning America - ABC
Watch What Happens Live - Bravo
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live - ABC
Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC
Last Call with Carson Daly - NBC
The Real - network varies; check your local listings
Live with Kelly and Ryan - network varies; check your local listings
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - NBC
CBS This Morning - CBS
Austin City Limits - PBS
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