{"id":227902,"date":"2025-10-20T16:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/227902\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:57:08","slug":"disney-sets-24-hour-july-4-broadcast-for-americas-250th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/227902\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Sets 24-Hour July 4 Broadcast for America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/disney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney\" data-tag=\"disney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney<\/a> will wish America a very happy 250th birthday with a company-wide celebration of the nation beginning on Veterans Day and culminating on July 4, 2026, with a 24-hour multi-platform broadcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Indepence Day telecast will air across Disney+, Hulu, ABC, ESPN, Freeform, FX and National Geographic, ending with a fireworks broadcast from Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort. The coverage will be led by \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d anchor David Muir alongside hosts and personalities from ABC News, ESPN and National Geographic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAt its heart, America\u2019s story is one of imagination, ambition, and possibility \u2014 the same ideals that have guided Disney since the beginning,\u201d said Disney CEO Bob Iger. \u201cThis celebration honors both a nation and a spirit that never stop dreaming about what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition to the 24-hour broadcast, Disneyland and Disney World will launch the \u201cSoarin\u2019 Across America\u201d attraction in summer 2026, taking guests on an immersive new flight experience over the country\u2019s most breathtaking landscapes and cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGood Morning America\u201d will continue its \u201c50 States in 50 Weeks\u201d series, National Geographic will launch an \u201cAmerica in Superlatives\u201d show and ESPN will premiere a new segment on \u201cSportsCenter\u201d titled \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team,\u201d a search to find out which team most embodies the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tABC News Studios will air a two-hour primetime special connecting America\u2019s most iconic cities to the Disney parks. Disneyland and Magic Kingdom Park will present a special Independence Day fireworks show from July 3 to July 5. And Disney Consumer Products will launch a new military-inspired assortment of merchandise and memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tContinuing its legacy of supporting military families and veterans, Disney will donate $2.5 million to Blue Star Families, host movie screenings on military bases and create special offerings across Disney experiences for service members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney will wish America a very happy 250th birthday with a company-wide celebration of the nation beginning on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,437,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-227902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-disney","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}