The two-hour television special Snoop Dogg ’s New Years Eve has been shelved, and not in a fun Elf on the Shelf way. Snoop Dogg and NBC will no longer move forward with the end-of-the-year program they first announced in May. Instead, the rapper will shift his focus towards his correspondent role covering the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in February.

“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 a statement to Deadline . “But don’t worry, we’ll party together bigger and better later in 2026. Ya dig.”

Snoop was meant to ring in the new year with “a night packed with unforgettable music, iconic performances and surprise artist collaborations,” NBC

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