{"id":21870,"date":"2025-12-23T07:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=21870"},"modified":"2025-12-23T07:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:39:49","slug":"cnn-to-ring-in-2026-with-new-years-eve-special-live-from-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2025\/12\/23\/cnn-to-ring-in-2026-with-new-years-eve-special-live-from-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN To Ring In 2026 With New Year\u2019s Eve Special Live From Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">For the first time, CNN will deliver multi-hour live coverage from <a href=\"https:\/\/abudhabiverse.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abu Dhabi<\/a> as part of its annual global New Year\u2019s Eve broadcast, which culminates in\u00a0<i><u><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/15\/cnn-to-ring-in-2026-with-anderson-cooper-and-andy-cohen-live-from-times-square\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/15\/cnn-to-ring-in-2026-with-anderson-cooper-and-andy-cohen-live-from-times-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen<\/a><\/u><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">Coverage kicks off at 4:10pm GST on 31 December, as anchor and Managing Editor of CNN Abu Dhabi\u00a0<b>Becky Anderson<\/b>\u00a0welcomes New York City-based CNN anchor\u00a0<b>John Berman<\/b>\u00a0on his first visit to the emirate, and reveals that she has arranged a series of challenges and adventures for him to experience during his trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">In the lead up to midnight, the pair will embark on a series of high-octane activities. They visit Ferrari World Abu Dhabi on Yas Island to take on the \u2018Formula Rossa\u2019, the world\u2019s fastest roller coaster, before heading to the Yas Marina Circuit \u2013 which hosts the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix \u2013 to try out the real thing, in Formula 3000 cars, live on air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">They dive into the Liwa Festival to take on a whirlwind of cultural challenges \u2013 everything from dune bashing to falconry \u2013 and Berman even takes on a scavenger hunt across Abu Dhabi\u2019s cultural icons. Joined by a local guide, he\u2019ll uncover artifacts at the newly opened Natural History Museum and Zayed National Museum, as well as the Louvre Abu Dhabi and teamLab Phenomena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">From 9pm to 11:45pm GST, Anderson and Berman host a special live show from the iconic Saadiyat Nights. They\u2019ll be joined virtually by CNN correspondents around the globe as well as special guests \u2013 including dancing robots and local artistic talent. The show will also include live check-ins with the Sheikh Zayed Festival, which is attempting this year to break the Guinness World Record for the longest fireworks display.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">The program will complement CNN\u2019s broader multi-platform coverage of New Year\u2019s Eve across the globe, which kicks off in earnest at 4pm GST,\u00a0offering audiences a front row seat to the world\u2019s biggest moments as they unfold globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, CNN will deliver multi-hour live coverage from Abu Dhabi as part of its annual global New Year\u2019s Eve broadcast, which culminates in\u00a0CNN\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen. Coverage kicks off at 4:10pm GST on 31 December, as anchor and Managing Editor of CNN Abu Dhabi\u00a0Becky Anderson\u00a0welcomes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21875,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21870\/revisions\/21875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}