 The WXYZ program was hosted by ventriloquist and puppeteer Shari Lewis and her sock puppet Lamb Chop and carried nationally on the ABC broadcast network.In 1960, the CBS broadcast network began to air portions of the parade and continued to do so for the next 25 parades.After a brief break in the mid-1980s, CBS returned to cover the parade through 2002 as part of its "All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade" compilation show.