<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official Website </Td> </Tr> <P> A Christmas Story Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by Fox on December 17, 2017 . It was a live, televised musical remake of the 1983 film A Christmas Story, and incorporated the 2012 stage musical version A Christmas Story: The Musical . The live musical was executive produced by Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, directed by Scott Ellis and Alex Rudzinski, and starred Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Maya Rudolph, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Jane Krakowski . </P> <P> A Christmas Story Live! is based on "the short stories of humorist Jean Shepherd and is set in 1940s Indiana . It follows 9 - year - old Ralphie Parker and his unrelenting desire to get his hands on a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas ." </P>

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