A Motown Christmas

A Motown Christmas is a music special in which Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey share hosting duties. The two lead a celebration of the Motown label's catalogue in a holiday setting, with Gladys Knight, Ashanti, Andra Day and BeBe Winans among the performers taking part. The running time is 84 minutes.

The special was broadcast in the United States on NBC, reaching viewers less than a week before Christmas Day. It followed a year in which Bailey had drawn wide attention through the film version of The Color Purple, while Robinson, a longtime Motown figure, appeared here as host rather than as a participant in the label's earlier era. The pairing placed a veteran of the Motown roster alongside a younger singer and actor, and the guest list drew on soul, gospel and contemporary R&B. For Robinson, it was one of a small number of hosting credits rather than a return to the stage in a performing role.

No film critics' rating is recorded. On IMDb the special carries a rating of 7.1 from a small number of votes, and on TMDB it holds a rating of 7.6 from a similarly limited count. Both figures come from modest samples, so they reflect the response of the viewers who sought the special out rather than a broad measure of the audience, which was defined by the NBC broadcast.