You can thank out of this world TV ratings for the Christmas gift that you will get the experience on Friday, December 25, as NBC will re-air the hugely successful 'Coat of Many Colors.

According to Neilson's ratings, the story of Dolly Parton's life garnered the highest ratings of any of the three major networks in the last 6 years with combined (Live TV + DVR) of 15.6 million viewers.

"I hoped to bring some families together so they could sit and watch a move like this. I really wanted to celebrate the people, my whole family, who made me who and what I am today. I'm so blessed and thankful for everyone who watched and I hope this story reaches many, many more when NBC shows it Christmas night," said Parton.

The film is set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It is neither a biopic nor musical about Parton’s whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family’s life around the time she was 9 years old.

“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” is the first in a planned series of TV movies inspired by the country music icon’s songs, and will air Christmas Night at 8pm.

If you missed the first airing, Check out the official trailer for 'Coat of Many Colors'

 

The TV movie is available to watch now on NBC.com, NBC apps and Set-Top Box On Demand.

 

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