Snoop Dogg is bringing his particular blend of music-star charisma, party-host energy and long-running television presence to the holidays. Christmas With Snoop is scheduled to air on NBC on Dec. 2 at 10 p.m., then stream on Peacock the following day.
The special is set in a plush hotel suite, where Snoop will celebrate with friends and loved ones. That setting suggests a more intimate, hosted holiday-party format than a conventional stage-only concert, though the announced lineup makes music a major part of the program.
A guest list built for songs, comedy and holiday TV
The confirmed group includes Wayne Brady, Kristin Chenoweth, Adam Devine, Anelise Foxx, Jamie Foxx, Jane Handcock, October London, Craig Robinson, Nicole Scherzinger, Gwen Stefani and Martha Stewart. The special will include appearances and musical performances, but no performance-by-performance breakdown has been detailed.
It is a notably broad roster. Chenoweth and Scherzinger bring musical-theater and vocal-performance credentials; Stefani arrives as a pop star with a long association with seasonal music; and Jane Handcock and October London fit naturally alongside Snoop’s music world. Brady, Devine, Robinson and Jamie Foxx add performers with deep comedy and television backgrounds.
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That mix matters because holiday specials typically need more than a sequence of songs. Their appeal often rests on transitions, guests interacting, sketches or conversational moments, and a setting that makes a large cast feel connected. The hotel-suite premise gives the production a clear container for that kind of variety-show rhythm without suggesting that every segment must play like a formal concert.
Martha Stewart is the reunion viewers will expect
Martha Stewart’s involvement is especially fitting. Her friendship with Snoop Dogg has become a familiar element of both performers’ public television identities, and she has featured him on cooking programs over the years. A holiday special centered on a gathering of friends would feel incomplete without her.
The pairing has endured because it operates on contrast without requiring either person to abandon what audiences associate with them. Stewart is closely linked to food, entertaining and polished domestic presentation, while Snoop brings a relaxed, playful persona shaped by his music career and years of crossover TV appearances. In a seasonal setting, those complementary identities are a practical creative match as well as a recognizable one.
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For viewers, the announcement establishes an expectation of warmth and familiar banter rather than simply a celebrity cameo. Still, the details of Stewart’s specific role have not been announced, so audiences should not assume a cooking segment, a particular sketch or a musical number.
The special extends Snoop’s substantial NBC connection
Christmas With Snoop is not an isolated appearance for the performer on NBC programming. Snoop Dogg has served as an Olympics correspondent, offering television commentary during the Tokyo games in 2021, Paris in 2024 and Milan-Cortina in 2026. He was also a judge on NBC’s singing competition The Voice, returning for another season in 2025.
Those roles help explain why a network holiday special is a logical next step. An Olympics correspondent is a television personality asked to react, connect and entertain across a live sporting-event environment; a competition judge is expected to offer personality, conversation and music-related perspective. A holiday special asks for a similar ability to hold a program together, even when the focus shifts among guests, songs and comic beats.
It also reflects the degree to which Snoop’s screen work now spans far more than music performance. The announced program still places music at its center, but it is built around his role as a host and social focal point. The hotel-party concept leans into that distinction: the draw is not only which guests appear, but also the prospect of seeing a diverse group share Snoop’s space.
What the NBCUniversal deal means in this case
In 2025, Snoop Dogg and his company Death Row Pictures entered a multi-year, first-look creative partnership with NBCUniversal covering film, television, sports entertainment and streaming. A first-look partnership generally means a company gets an initial opportunity to consider projects developed by the partner before those projects are offered elsewhere. It does not mean every project is automatically produced or released.
That distinction is useful when looking at Christmas With Snoop. The special comes from NBCUniversal and sits comfortably within a relationship designed to cover multiple formats and distribution outlets. Its rollout also uses both sides of the current TV model: an initial network broadcast followed by streaming availability on Peacock. NBC supplies the scheduled live-TV-style premiere window, while Peacock provides a next-day viewing path for people who miss it or prefer on-demand viewing.
The partnership’s scope is also broader than this special. Universal Pictures is set to release a Snoop Dogg biopic in August 2027, with Jonathan Daviss playing Snoop. That project and the holiday special are different kinds of entertainment, but together they show how Snoop’s work with the NBCUniversal family reaches from personality-led television into film.
The producers behind the special
Snoop Dogg and Sara Ramaker are executive producers for Death Row Pictures. Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay executive produce for Jesse Collins Entertainment.
An executive producer is a senior production role that can encompass creative direction, talent coordination, major production decisions and overall delivery of a program. The exact day-to-day responsibilities vary by project, so the credits do not by themselves reveal who developed individual segments or selected each song. They do, however, identify the teams steering the production at the highest level.
For a one-off seasonal broadcast, those roles are particularly consequential. Unlike an ongoing series, a holiday special has one scheduled night to establish its tone, manage a dense guest list and deliver a complete program. The production must make the setting, host and musical acts feel like parts of the same event rather than separate bookings sharing a stage.
When and where to watch
- Program: Christmas With Snoop
- Network premiere: NBC, Dec. 2 at 10 p.m.
- Streaming: Peacock, beginning the next day
- Format: Holiday special with guest appearances and musical performances
- Setting: A plush hotel suite where Snoop celebrates with friends and loved ones
The announced names and premise give the special a clear identity: a star-studded seasonal hangout led by a performer whose television résumé has grown to include music competition, major sports-event commentary and personality-driven entertainment. Viewers looking for a traditional, tightly defined concert broadcast should note that the announced format is broader than that. The central promise is a gathering—songs included—built around Snoop Dogg’s unusually wide circle of collaborators and friends.
