{
  "id": 12659031,
  "title": "‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ Set to Simulcast Live on ABC & Disney+ for the First Time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/new-years-rockin-eve-set-to-simulcast-live-on-abc-disney-for-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/new-years-rockin-eve-2027-simulcast-live-abc-disney-plus-1236355848/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027 will be streamed simultaneously on Disney+ and ABC for the first time in the program's 55-year history. This expanded eight-hour celebration, featuring 42 performers and nearly 100 songs, will take place from New York's Times Square, Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico, Nashville, and Kansas City. Rita Ora, Julianne Hough, and Rob Gronkowski are set to return as co-hosts for major cities, while Druski will co-host from Chicago. The show's streaming debut follows a record-breaking 2026 edition that reached 46 million total viewers.",
  "summary": "Druski joins the long-running program as Chicago co-host.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}