Adele performs songs from her album "30", as well as some of her previous hits at the London Palladium in this special recorded on 6 November 2021. [Aired originally in the UK on ITV on 21 Nov 2021; in the US on NBC on 20 Mar 2022]

Nicole Beharie, Colman Domingo, Jonathan Majors, Denzel Whitaker and Jeffrey Wright perform five of Frederick Douglass’ speeches in the special about the life of the 19th century activist inspired by David Blight’s biography, "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom."

Rowdy the Cat looks to steal art from a museum guarded by Peanut the Security Dog in the Charlie Brooker animated interactive special that was inspired by Tex Avery cartoons.

W. Kamau Bell's four-part documentary series looks into Bill Cosby's career and his eventual disgrace in light of accusations from over 60 women of sexual assault.

The Aziz Ansari stand-up comedy special was recorded at a New York City surprise appearance at The Comedy Cellar in December 2021.

The documentry brings together many of the cast and directors to talk about the Harry Potter film franchise.

The first of three specials for 2022 finds the Doctor, Yaz and Dan trying to help two people (Aisling Bea and Adjani Salmon) at a storage facility escape from a time loop with Daleks on New Year's Eve.

Billionaire Daddy Warbucks' (Harry Connick Jr.) decision to adopt Annie (Celina Smith) angers Miss Hannigan (Taraji P. Henson), while her brother (Tituss Burgess) and girlfriend plot ways to get money in this adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the comic strip.

The latest The New York Times Presents focuses on the "wardrobe malfunction" between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and the blowback on Jackson.

Adele performs some of her hits as well as songs from her upcoming album "30" at Los Angeles' Griffith Observatory in this primetime special that includes an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Gonzo and Pepé spends the night in The Haunted Mansion in this Halloween special inspired by the Haunted Mansion attractions at the Disney Parks.

The documentary directed by Adam Wishart and narrated by Jeff Daniels looks at the White House during the 12 hours after the 9/11 attacks with interviews from many in the administration including President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Ari Fleischer, and Karl Rove.

Postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the four-hour ceremony launches the games.

The special episode features the sentencing of the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo in 2020 with survivors giving victim-impact statements in court. Plus some updates on the 1984 rape and murder case of Kathy Lombardo that Michelle McNamara said started her interest in true crime.

The musical comedy special was filmed by the comedian over the past year by himself, with no crew or audience.

The cast of "Friends" return to the original soundstage where they filmed the series to reminisce and test their knowledge of the show against each other in the special that also includes appearances from David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, Tom Selleck, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Reese Witherspoon and Malala Yousafzai.

Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex includes discussions of their decision to move to the U.S. and their future.

The COVID-19 delayed Golden Globes was hosted by Tina Fey in New York and by Amy Poehler in Los Angeles.

The second special episode of Euphoria titled F*ck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob follows Jules (Hunter Schafer) during the holidays.

The inauguration concert special hosted by Tom Hanks features performances from such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Ant Clemons, Tim McGraw, Tyler Hubbard, John Legend, Foo Fighters, Yo Yo Ma, Yolanda Adams, DJ Cassidy, Luis Fonsi, Ozuna, Demi Lovato, and Katy Perry as well as appearances from Lin Manuel Miranda, former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

Rachel Brosnahan, Tiffany Haddish, Patti Harrison, Natasha Leggero, Sarah Silverman, Natasha Rothwell, and Ziwe are some of the comedians giving comedic end-year goodbyes to a variety of topics in this comedy special hosted by Phoebe Robinson.

The Charlie Brooker mockumentary features commentary about the year 2020 from fictional experts, world leaders and everyday people including a reporter (Samuel L. Jackson), historian (Hugh Grant), a doctor (Leslie Jones), a politician (Lisa Kudrow), a scientist (Samson Kayo), a tech executive (Kumail Nanjiani), an average citizen (Diane Morgan), and the Queen (Tracey Ullman).

The behind-the-scenes special filmed during Ariana Grande's 2019 Sweetener World Tour in London.

The Grinch (Matthew Morrison) plans to steal Christmas in this musical based on the Dr. Seuss' book filmed at London's Troubadour Theatre.

Rue (Zendaya) talks with Ali (Colman Domingo) on Christmas Eve in the special episode of Euphoria titled Trouble Don't Last Always.

The special directed by Taylor Swift in September 2020 in upstate New York, features Taylor, Justin Vernon, producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner performing all the tracks on her 2020 album, folklore as well as revealing behind-the-scene stories.

The HBO special based on the 2018 adaptation and Apollo Theater staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates' book about white supremacy in America features readings from Coates' book, animation, documentary footage and archival footage.

After the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, while Rey's friends prepare for the Wookiee festival of Life Day, she and BB-8 end up at a Jedi temple where meets others from the past including Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda.

The Kevin Hart stand-up special was filmed in his living room in September 2020.

The comedy special from the comedian who is known for her Trump lip-sync videos features guest appearances from Fred Armisen, Jon Hamm, Megan Thee Stallion, Helen Mirren, Maya Rudolph, Winona Ryder, Ben Stiller, and Marisa Tomei.

The original cast (with Sterling K. Brown playing Chief of Staff Leo McGarry, originally played by the late John Spencer) will theatrical stage season three's third episode "Hartsfield's Landing" where Bartlet (Martin Sheen) deals with a standoff between China and Taiwan and plays chess with Sam (Rob Lowe) and Toby (Richard Schiff). While Josh (Bradley Whitford) waits anxiously for the results of a New Hampshire vote and C.J. (Allison Janney) hides the President's schedule from Charlie (Dulé Hill). Michelle Obama, President Bill Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda are expected to appear during act breaks to encourage voting.

Miriam Nessler (Bette Midler), a New York teacher; Sharynn Tarrows (Kaitlyn Dever), a nurse from Wyoming; actor Mark Hesterman (Dan Levy); Youtuber Clarissa Montgomery (Sarah Paulson) and philanthropist Callie Josephson (Issa Rae) all deal with the coronavirus pandemic in different ways in this satire from Paul Rudnick.

The second comedy special for the comedian on Amazon's Prime Video was filmed in Canada and Spain.

The 30 Rock reunion is part of an Upfront special that will introduce some of the upcoming series on the various NBCUniversal networks. Some local NBC affiliates will preempt it due to fear it is little more than an infomercial for Peacock (who will stream the special the next day).

Based on the animated series Adventure Time created by Pendleton Ward, the first of four specials finds BMO (voiced by Niki Yang) crash-landing on a alien planet on the brink of destruction.

The one-hour special features Sherman McDaniels (Bashir Salahuddin) celebrating Black History Month in June.

Released on the YouTube channel Netflix Is A Joke, the surprise comedy special from Dave Chappelle filmed on June 6 in Yellow Springs, Ohio features topics such as police brutality and racism.

The second Netflix comedy special for the Australian comedian was recorded in Los Angeles.

Filmed at Charlotte's Knight Theater, the third Netflix comedy special for the comedian includes topics like turning 50, buying a new house and finding love again.

Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) is getting ready to marry her Prince (Daniel Radcliffe) but she learns Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne (Jon Hamm) has another group of women in a bunker. The viewer will help Kimmy decide what to do in this interactive special.

The latest comedy special for Jerry Seinfeld was filmed at New York City's Beacon Theatre.

Leslie Knope checks in with her friends while under self-isolating at home in this special episode that will raise money for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.

Three of Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz's stage improv shows in New York were filmed for Netflix.

The stand-up special from the Saturday Night Live cast member was recorded at New York's Gramercy Theater.

Ricky Gervais returns to host the 77th Golden Globes Awards with Tom Hanks receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

The musical comedy special from John Mulaney with a group of 15 kids aged between 8 and 13-years-old are joined by Annaleigh Ashford, David Byrne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Richard Kind, Natasha Lyonne, Shereen Pimentel, and Andre De Shields.

Live TV stagings of a classic episode from All in the Family and Good Times. Asante Blackk, Andre Braugher, Viola Davis, Corinne Foxx, Tiffany Haddish, Jharrel Jerome, and Jay Pharoah are set as the cast for Good Times with Anthony Anderson and Patti LaBelle performing the theme song.

ABC's live musical adaptation of The Little Mermaid will feature Auli'i Cravalho as Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula and Shaggy as Sebastian.

The comedy special from Gary Gulman and filmed in Brooklyn at the Roulette Intermedium covers a variety of issues including mental health.

James Corden hosted the annual Broadway award show at Radio City Music Hall.

All in the Family and its spinoff, The Jeffersons are getting a live TV staging of a classic episode from each program hosted by Normal Lear and Jimmy Kimmel. Archie Bunker will be played by Woody Harrelson, with Marisa Tomei as Edith, Ellie Kemper as Gloria, Will Ferrell as Tom, Justina Machado as Florence. While the Jeffersons cast includes Jamie Foxx as George Jefferson and Wanda Sykes as Louise.

Jonathan Larson's award-winning musical re-imagining of Puccini's "La Bohème" set in New York City is the latest show to become a live TV musical for Fox.

Filmed in Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Ellen DeGeneres reflects on her life and career in her first stand-up special since 2003.

The Boss tells personal stories and plays acoustic versions of some of his songs in his one-man show at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre filmed July 17 and 18, 2018.

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban co-hosted the annual Broadway award show at Radio City Music Hall.

The comedy podcast with Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson becomes a series of TV specials with guest appearances from Uzo Aduba, Tituss Burgess, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Jon Stewart.

Seth Meyers hosted the 75th Golden Globes Awards with Oprah Winfrey receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

The Tony-nominated musical (itself based on the 1983 movie) is the latest live musical for Fox and features a new song written just for this production. Adult Raphie (Matthew Broderick) recalls the Christmas when his nine-year old (Andy Walken) self wanted a Red Ryder BB, despite warnings from his mother (Maya Rudolph), his teacher (Jane Krakowski) and even Santa (David Alan Grier) who said he'd shoot his eye out.

Kevin Spacey hosted the annual Broadway award show at Radio City Music Hall.

The variety show hosted by Maya Rudolph and Martin short will be aired live from Studio 6A in Rockefeller Center.

Tyler Perry hosts and narrates the live musical in New Orleans about Jesus' last hours.

The Christmas special directed by Sofia Coppola and written by Coppola, Bill Murray and Mitch Glazer, is set in New York's Carlyle Hotel with Murray acting and singing in sketches with a variety of artists including Michael Cera, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Rashida Jones, Jenny Lewis, Phoenix, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, and Jason Schwartzman.

Neil Patrick Harris host this live variety show based on the British show Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.

Carrie Underwood is Maria in this live adaptation of the original Broadway musical The Sound of Music that includes Stephen Moyer as Captain von Trapp as well as Broadway veterans Audra McDonald as Mother Abbes, Laura Benanti as Elsa, and Christian Borle as Max.

Brian Williams hosts the live news magazine for NBC, which had its premiere moved up after the early cancellation of Playboy Club.

Tom Stroup, Kym Whitley, Jacob Soboroff, and Susie Castillo work together with volunteers to help renovate and transform some public schools across America.

The annual music awards show (held again at Los Angeles' Staples Center) was highlighted by only the second performance by a reunited Police in 25 years. The Dixie Chicks and Mary J. Blige were among the night's biggest winners.

The annual music awards show (held at Los Angeles' Staples Center) included performances by Madonna with the Gorillaz, Mary J. Blige with U2, Kanye West with Jamie Foxx, and a rare appearance by Sly Stone.

Maya Rudolph hosts a variety show with guest appearances from Fred Armisen, Kristen Bell, Sean Hayes, Janelle Monáe, and Andy Samberg.