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ABC has unveiled its holiday programming schedule, which includes a new Dancing With The Stars special, as well as Kevin Costner‘s The First Christmas, CMA Country Christmas special from Nashville and the ever-popular New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, among many others. From The Wonderful World of Walt Disney, we’ll also see holiday favorite films The Sound Of Music, The Santa Clause and Home Alone, which, since its debut on ABC holiday programming in 2022, has been highest-rated movie on any network among Adults 18-49 across the entire year and was last year’s most co-viewed movie of the holiday season on broadcast television, according to Nielsen stats provided by the network. We’ll also see the broadcast debut of new Christmas special Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol. Also on the lineup are special holiday episodes of Abbott Elementary, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Shark Tank, Shifting Gears and What Would You Do?: Holiday Edition, alongside a new season of The Great Christmas Light Fight. Heading into 2026, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest returns, which last year was the most co-viewed entertainment special on broadcast television, according to Nielsen. ABC will also nationally broadcast a full day of NBA action on Christmas Day. Additionally, a special edition of Inside the NBA will air from 7:30-8 p.m. All five games will also be available to watch on ESPN. Airdates and episode descriptions are as follows (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific). THURSDAY, NOV. 27 8-11 p.m. — The Wonderful World of Disney Presents “Mary Poppins” Mary Poppins flies out of the windy London skies and into the home of two mischievous children. The spirited nanny turns every chore into a game and every day into a “Jolly Holiday” to reconnect the children with their parents
