Q 01/05

In what year was the Macy's parade first televised, as an experimental local broadcast in New York City?

A) 1939

B) 1945

C) 1948

D) 1953

Answer · why

A) 1939

The pictures went out over NBC's experimental station W2XBS, and no station carried the parade at all in 1940 or 1941.

Q 02/05

Which network carried unlicensed Times Square parade coverage, avoiding the Macy's name?

A) ABC

B) CBS

C) Fox

D) The CW

Answer · why

B) CBS

Because the parade runs on public streets, Macy's can only enforce exclusivity right in front of its Herald Square store. That coverage ended after 20...

Q 03/05

Since what year has NBC been the parade's official broadcaster?

A) 1948

B) 1961

C) 1953

D) 1969

Answer · why

C) 1953

The telecast was only an hour long at first and did not cover all three hours of the parade until 1969.

Q 04/05

Which Today weather anchor co-hosted NBC's parade from 1995 to 2024, missing only 2022?

A) Willard Scott

B) Bryant Gumbel

C) Matt Lauer

D) Al Roker

Answer · why

D) Al Roker

His 2022 absence, while he recovered from blood clots, left the broadcast hosted entirely by women for the first time.

Q 05/05

From 1963 to 1972, NBC's parade coverage was hosted by Betty White alongside which Bonanza star?

A) Michael Landon

B) Dan Blocker

C) Pernell Roberts

D) Lorne Greene

Answer · why

D) Lorne Greene

It was a decade-long pairing; White would return to Thanksgiving television as a punchline for generations of viewers.