English National Ballet's Nutcracker

WHAT WOULD THE holiday season be without a lavish production of Tchaikovsky's beloved Nutcracker?

-  -Matt Roush

8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)

Thankfully, we won't have to find out.

Great Performances is airing a spectacular new staging, filmed last year at the London Coliseum, with more than 100 dancers and musicians bringing the 1892 masterpiece to life.