THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION - “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” - This ABC holiday season staple returns for its eighth year with a sparkling spectacle of all-new musical performances from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disney’s Aulani Resort and Spa in Hawaii. The special is executive produced by Disney Parks Programming along with Film 45 Live. SUNDAY, NOV. 26 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Disney Parks) TORI KELLY

Best-bets for Nov. 26: Christmas lights and music

1) “Magical Holiday Celebration,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Derek Hough and his sister Julianne host and sing, in cheery Disney World and Aulani Resort settings. Mickey Guyton sings alone and with Michael Bolton; Adam Blackstone pairs with Andra Day. Others include Chris Janson, Tori Kelly (shown here), Chrissy Metz, Robin Thicke, Ian Tongi and the Smashing Pumpkins. Read more…

1) “Magical Holiday Celebration,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Derek Hough and his sister Julianne host and sing, in cheery Disney World and Aulani Resort settings. Mickey Guyton sings alone and with Michael Bolton; Adam Blackstone pairs with Andra Day. Others include Chris Janson, Tori Kelly (shown here), Chrissy Metz, Robin Thicke, Ian Tongi and the Smashing Pumpkins.

2) “The Great Christmas Lights Fight,” 10 p.m., ABC. For a decade, this has shown families that go to extremes for dazzling outdoor decorations. Now the show pauses to look back at some past winners. Its new season (again judged by Carter Oosterhouse and Taniya Nayak) starts next week. There will be one-hour episodes on the next two Sundays, then two-hour Tuesdays on Dec. 12 and 19.

3) “Soul Train Awards,” 8 p.m., BET, rerunning at 10. Coco Jones is nominated best new artist and much more – best album, song (“ICU”), songwriter, video, etc. Jones, 25, is also an actress, first with Disney and now in “Bel-Air.” She’ll perform tonight, as will Fridayy (another new-artist nominee), Keke Palmer, Dante Bowe, SWV and more. Special awards go to Janelle Monae — up for best album, song (“Lipstick Lover”) and more — and T-Pain.

4) “A Biltmore Christmas,” 8 p.m., Hallmark. At the height of the Gilded Age, in the 1890s, George Washington Cornelius built his 179,000-square-foot mansion alongside Ashville, N.C. Now that’s the site for this movie. A screenwriter (Bethany Joy Lenz) prepares a remake of a Christmas classic. She spills an hourglass and is transported to the 1940s film set. Kristoffer Polaha co-stars, with “Star Trek” actors Jonathan Frakes and Robert Picardo.

5) More new movies. Natasha Bure takes up the family business. Her mom (Candace Cameron Bure) does lots of holiday films, including “My Christmas Hero,” rerunning at 10 a.m. ET on Great American Family. Now Natasha, 25, has “A Christmas for the Ages” (8 ET on GAF), coaxing holiday memories. Other new ones: “Our Christmas Mural,” 6 p.m.;, Hallmark; “Mistletoe Connections,” 7 p.m. ET, UpTV; “Laughing All the Way,” 8 p.m., Lifetime.

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