NBC cancels Snoop Dogg NYE special to focus on 2026 Winter Olympics

NBC has canceled a planned two hour New Year’s Eve special that had been scheduled to air live from Miami on Dec. 31, saying the network and host Snoop Dogg will focus instead on his role covering the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The decision, announced Wednesday by Snoop Dogg in a statement, ends months of planning for the prime time broadcast that had been unveiled at the network’s upfront presentations this year.

Sometimes the calendar gets in the way of the celebration, which is why my NBC family and I decided this winter was time for us all to focus on the Olympics, Snoop Dogg said in the statement. But don’t worry, we’ll party together bigger and better later in 2026. Ya dig. The special had been billed as a two hour musical variety event with performances and surprise guest appearances and would have streamed on the network’s platform as well as airing on broadcast television.

The cancellation follows NBCUniversal’s September announcement that Snoop would return as a roving correspondent for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. He drew widespread attention during NBC’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, and the network said he will appear alongside its Olympic hosts...