For the first time in five decades, the classic stop-motion film "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" will air on NBC instead of CBS. Here's how to watch.

In 1964, for NBC and General Electric, that meant a special based on the holiday story "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," which began life as a poem by Robert L. May in the 1930s and gained more popularity in the 1940s thanks to a song based on the poem by Johnny Marks.

But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?” Those are the lyrics to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the classic Christmas song that inspired the 1964 TV special

NBC reacquires rights to air "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," scheduling a special broadcast for its 60th anniversary.

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the longest-running Christmas special in television history, will be shown on NBC for the first time in over 50 years this month. The return will include two presentations of an extended version of the beloved special.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” will return to NBC on Friday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. ET, marking the first time NBC airs it since the 1970s. The network will air an extended version 60 years to the day of the film's premiere.

Who doesn’t love Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which has aired annually, except once (in 1999 when a poorly-made decision outraged viewers)? In 1964, the same year the 90-minute sci-fi feature film oddity titled,