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'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' Adds Chicago Celebration
The new Chicago countdown expands the event’s time zone coverage for the first time in 50 years and follows last year’s 29 million viewers at midnight, ABC said.
- On December 31, 2026, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest will add a live Central Time zone midnight countdown from Chicago, airing on ABC at 8 PM EST.
- For the first time in its more than 50-year history, ABC and Dick Clark Productions add a Central Time zone countdown live from Chicago, broadening coast-to-coast coverage.
- Led locally by WLS-TV, the show is produced by Dick Clark Productions, with Ryan Seacrest, Michael Dempsey, and Barry Adelman as executive producers, and the new Chicago host is TBA.
- City officials noted Chicago's recent tourism record with more than 3.5 million hotel bookings this summer, and WLS-TV said the event will showcase attractions with fireworks over the Chicago River.
- The Chicago countdown will join the Times Square East Coast countdown, the Spanish-language Atlantic Time broadcast from Puerto Rico, and West Coast parties after last year's edition drew 29 million viewers at midnight.
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'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' Hosting First-Ever Chicago Countdown This Year
CHICAGO — For the first time in its 55-year run, “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” is adding a central time zone midnight countdown live from Chicago. The show — America’s most-watched New Year’s celebration — will be broadcasting its Chicago countdown on ABC-7 Chicago with a new host, live performances and reporting throughout the evening. It airs at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Choose Chicago announced the news Monday in a …
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