{"id":2215433,"date":"2025-12-29T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2215433"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:41:39","slug":"new-years-eve-tv-guide-including-the-jonas-brothers-and-huntr-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-years-eve-tv-guide-including-the-jonas-brothers-and-huntr-x\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Eve TV guide: Including the Jonas Brothers and Huntr\/x"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Jonas family New Year\u2019s Eve in Wyckoff, N.J., was always boisterous. Not only did the home that Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas grow up in have an \u201copen-door policy,\u201d meaning that friends and relatives piled in on the holiday, but the siblings and longtime band members would also bang pots and pans outside as the clock struck midnight. <\/p>\n

Now, the Jonas Brothers are going to make noise in Miami to ring in the new year with a televised concert and show that will be livestreamed on Samsung TV Plus. It marks the band\u2019s first solo New Year\u2019s Eve venture after years as a staple on ABC\u2019s \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d program. <\/p>\n

Comedian Jack McBrayer, who is a friend of the brothers, is hosting the two-hour show, which will feature a set mixed with early hits and more recent favorites from the band, as well as games, contests and interviews. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to kind of flip what the traditional New Year\u2019s Eve show looks like on its head,\u201d said Joe in a phone call with his brothers in mid-December. \u201cWe\u2019re really trying to make it feel like it\u2019s not a New Year\u2019s Eve proper program. It\u2019s something fresh and exciting for people to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brothers had a momentous year of performances, new music and even a Christmas movie<\/a>, and 2025 also marked their 20th anniversary as a band. The Jonas Brothers released their seventh studio album, \u201cGreetings From Your Hometown,\u201d this summer and kicked off a nationwide tour that goes through December. The New Year\u2019s Eve celebration feels like a fitting note to close the year out on, they said. <\/p>\n

Careful not to give too many details away about the creative vision for the special, Nick said he was hoping that it would not only deliver on entertainment value, but also act as a meaningful moment heading into the new year. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is to basically say what you\u2019re looking forward to and what you\u2019re appreciative for in the past year, but also what you don\u2019t want to take into the next year and what you want to shed from this past year,\u201d Nick said. \u201cI think we all feel that way at the end of the year \u2014 sort of reflective, but also optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each brother has some goals for 2026 \u2014 Nick would like to continue curbing his diet soda habit, Joe wants to improve his at-home coffee-making skills and Kevin\u2019s hoping to get his daughters out on the ski slopes \u2014 but their biggest hope for the new year is to continue working together and bringing their dedicated fans unique performances. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe always say, \u2018Oh no, we\u2019re not gonna do anything on New Year\u2019s,\u2019 and then every single time we … end up doing something because we want to all be together and hang out and celebrate the year and then to do our favorite thing, which is perform,\u201d Kevin said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way for us to combine friends, family and our passion, so if we can continue to do this year after year, I think we\u2019d win.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing the brothers were still trying to figure out in the weeks leading up to the show was an exciting equivalent to the infamous ball drop in New York\u2019s Times Square. At the suggestion of bringing out pots and pans, the brothers chuckled. \u201cI guess so \u2014 it\u2019s a little noisy,\u201d Joe said. \u201cWe\u2019re open to ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jonas Brothers\u2019 show begins at 7 p.m. PST and fans can tune in to Samsung TV Plus for free on a Samsung TV and other compatible devices<\/a>. In addition to their special, here are five more New Year\u2019s Eve programming choices to welcome 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve With Ryan Seacrest\u2019 (ABC, Hulu)<\/h2>\n
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Ryan Seacrest will once again host ABC\u2019s \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d from Times Square in New York.<\/p>\n

(Charles Sykes \/ Invision \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

The first edition of this program rang in 1973 with host Dick Clark in Times Square, and it\u2019s been running steadily as a staple of the holiday since. Ryan Seacrest, who will again host the program from Times Square, first joined Dick Clark as a co-host in 2006 and has anchored the evening for nearly 20 years. Rita Ora will join Seacrest as a co-host in New York, and Chance the Rapper will host the first-ever Central Time Zone countdown from Chicago, while former NFL star Rob Gronkowski and Julianne Hough will anchor the show from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 5 p.m. PST, the program will air live starting in New York and continue with countdowns in Chicago, Las Vegas and elsewhere. Diana Ross is headlining the show, with an expansive slate of performances throughout the night, including Mariah Carey, Post Malone, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, 50 Cent, Pitbull and the singers behind the band Huntr\/x<\/a> of \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d fame. The show will run for eight hours, wrapping up at 1 a.m. PST, marking the longest telecast in the decades of the program\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

\u2018New Year\u2019s Eve Live: Nashville\u2019s Big Bash\u2019 (CBS, Paramount+)<\/h2>\n

For those looking for a bit of a country twang in their New Year\u2019s Eve programming, CBS is hosting the ultimate country music party to celebrate the holiday. Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman will headline the five-hour special, and other performers include Rascal Flatts, Megan Moroney, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley and Brooks & Dunn. Special guests CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, from Nashville\u2019s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, will also join the festivities.<\/p>\n

Comedian Bert Kreischer and musician HARDY will host the evening beginning at 5 p.m. PST. The special will include a traditional countdown at midnight, culminating with the renowned Nashville Music Note Drop. <\/p>\n

\u2018New Year\u2019s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen\u2019 (celebrity.land)<\/h2>\n
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Andy Cohen, left, and Anderson Cooper will return to host celebrity.land\u2019s \u201cNew Year\u2019s Eve Live\u201d from Times Square in New York.<\/p>\n

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For their ninth consecutive year as hosts, friends and television staples, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will helm celebrity.land\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve coverage. The duo will hold down the fort from Times Square beginning at 5 p.m. PST, while anchors and correspondents from more than a dozen cities will also be reporting live on celebrations worldwide. The evening will feature musical performances, appearances from comedians, and the trademark banter between the (typically) inebriated titular hosts. (After celebrity.land hit pause on the alcohol consumption for 2023\u2019s special, public outcry from viewers and even Cohen himself led to the reinstating of the hosts\u2019 drinking, including their signature shot at the top of the hour.)<\/p>\n

Many guests will also appear during the telecast, including comedians Stephen Colbert, B.J. Novak, Leanne Morgan and Sarah Sherman. Musical guests include Robyn, Shakira, Florence and the Machine, Raye, Brandi Carlile and Patti LaBelle. Mentalist Oz Pearlman, actor and comedian Amy Sedaris, rapper Flavor Flav and reality TV personality Ariana Madix are among the many additional guests. <\/p>\n

\u2018Coast-to-Coast Countdown 2026\u2019 (Nexstar-owned and partner TV stations, online livestream)<\/h2>\n

More than 100 of Nexstar Media Group\u2019s local television stations will air \u201cCoast-to-Coast Countdown 2026,\u201d a live special featuring music, special guests, fireworks and a drone show. The program will be staged from New York, Dallas, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Musical guests include Styx, Foreigner, UB40, the Marshall Tucker Band and Cheap Trick. The special will air from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. PST.<\/p>\n

The broadcast will air on linear television stations in all 116 Nexstar-owned or partner markets, as well as in Miami and Boston, and it will stream on most of the local stations\u2019 connected TV apps (including the KTLA+ app). The livestream of the special will also be available through local station websites (such as KTLA.com) or through local news mobile apps.<\/p>\n

\u2018Wicked: One Wonderful Night\u2019 encore (NBC)<\/h2>\n
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From left, Idina Menzel, Ariana Grande, Stephen Schwartz, Cynthia Erivo and Kristin Chenoweth perform a special arrangement of the \u201cWicked\u201d song \u201cFor Good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In lieu of live programming this year, NBC will air its two-hour special celebrating all things \u201cWicked\u201d that premiered in November. \u201cWicked: One Wonderful Night\u201d<\/a> featured live performances, pre-taped segments, interviews and Ozian fun with much of the cast of the film adaptation of \u201cWicked\u201d and its 2025 sequel, \u201cWicked: For Good.\u201d Cynthia Erivo<\/a>, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode each performed live when the special was taped earlier this year in Los Angeles, and Jonathan Bailey participated in pre-taped segments. <\/p>\n

NBC was originally planning to air a live New Year\u2019s Eve special with Snoop Dogg, but in November, the musical artist announced he and the network were not moving forward with the show. In a statement<\/a>, he said they were choosing to focus on the Olympics instead and promised everyone would \u201cparty together bigger and better later in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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