CBS rings in the new year with a five-hour broadcast beginning at 8/7c on Wednesday, December 31. The special will feature performances from Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman, uniting country music fans. Additionally, the event will include a special guest performance from gospel music legend CeCe Winans.

Networks like NBC and ABC as well as Freeform are prepared for the month of December with lengthy schedules of classic films and newer adventures.

The Christmas TV schedule for 2025 has favorites like "Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer' on network TV, but "A Charlie Brown Christmas' is on Apple TV+.

NBCUniversal’s cable spinoff Versant will officially launch in January, splitting channels like USA Network and CNBC into a separate, independent entity. The timing of the spin brought into question exactly how NBC would handle its upcoming Winter Olympics coverage in February.

NBCUniversal and MLB announced Friday that they signed a three-year media rights agreement to broadcast games, including those on Sunday nights and the opening night of the 2026 season.