84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Announces Penn & Teller As The Grand Marshals For 2015

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The 84^th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, the largest Christmas celebration in America, announces that Penn & Teller, stars of the hit CW series "Penn & Teller:  Fool Us," will be the Grand Marshals for this year's 2015 extravaganza.  Presented and produced by Associated Television International, the live event, taped for network television, will take place on Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday, November 29 at 5:00 p.m., and will include live musical performances that will take place on two stages.  The parade and television broadcast will be co-hosted by popular television personalities Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams.

The 84^th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade will premiere as a two-hour special on The CW Network on Friday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.  Long-time parade partner Hallmark Channel will air multiple runs beginning Saturday, December 19 on their Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.  The parade will also air to more than one million American servicemen and women worldwide on American Forces Network.

Says Jim Romanovich, President of Associated Television International, "We are thrilled to once again be a part of The Hollywood Christmas Parade, one of the greatest holiday traditions of all time, which is enjoyed by millions of families each year. This year, we are especially gratified to have both The CW and our good friends at Hallmark as our television partners.  We are equally thrilled to be partnered with Toys for Tots once again. Through the parade and the generous support of our media partners The CW, Hallmark, Radio Disney, KOST, Entertainment Tonight, Variety, and so many more, we can continue to help provide the necessary awareness tools for the Marine Toys for Tots program which is essential in their providing gifts to less fortunate children everywhere."

A true Hollywood tradition for 85 years, the parade attracts more than one million in attendance each year, with larger than life inflatable character balloons and celebrity filled cars making the much heralded trek down the over three mile parade route.

Grand Marshals Penn & Teller, world acclaimed magicians and entertainers, have been performing as a duo together for the last four decades, combining magic with comedy.  Headlining in Las Vegas at The Penn & Teller Theatre at The Rio Hotel, the two are currently starring in the "Penn & Teller:  Fool Us" series produced by 1/17 Productions and airing on The CW Network, and have also been featured in numerous stage and television shows.

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