The Heartland Network Airs First-Ever Live New Year’s Eve Broadcast from Times Square

New Year’s Eve Countdown 2026: Live from New York Will Ring in 2026 and Kick Off the United States’ 250th Anniversary

The Heartland Network will welcome the New Year in landmark fashion with its inaugural New Year’s Eve Countdown 2026: Live from New York broadcast ringing in 2026 and kicking off the United States' 250th birthday. The program will air on The Heartland Network and its digital platform, It's Real Good TV, beginning at 7:55 PM ET / 6:55 PM CT, Wednesday, December 31, and continuing through the iconic midnight Ball Drop.

 A centerpiece of the broadcast will be Heartland’s expanded coverage of America250, as the nation officially begins its yearlong commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. The program will feature patriotic tributes, national storytelling moments, and a historic midnight celebration highlighted by a red, white, and blue confetti release over Times Square, symbolically launching America’s 250th Birthday Celebration on the world’s most visible stage.

Heartland’s New Year’s Eve Countdown 2026: Live from New York airs Wednesday, December 31, 2025, beginning at 7:55pm PM ET / 6:55 PM CT, exclusively on The Heartland Network and on the It's Real Good TV app, downloadable on all devices from smartphones and tablets, to computers and smart TVs. (Programming details derived from the official Times Square New Year’s Eve 2025–2026 Event Schedule released by Times Square Alliance and Times Square Television.)

Featured performances include B.o.B, whose genre-blending hits have topped charts worldwide; Tones and I, the multi-platinum global breakout behind some of the decade’s most streamed anthems; Robyn, the acclaimed pop innovator whose work has shaped modern dance and pop music; Ana Bárbara, Mexico's iconic queen of Pop music, and Xavi, one of today’s fastest-rising voices in Latin pop. Together, the lineup reflects the global, cross-cultural sound of Times Square welcoming 2026.