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The New Year's Day parade with Grand Marshal Magic Johnson is followed by the 2026 Rose Bowl Game between Indiana and Alabama.

The Rose Bowl 2026 airs on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN. If you don’t have cable, you can still catch the game through streaming services that carry ESPN and offer free trials.

Additionally, new episodes of When Calls the Heart will be available for next-day streaming on Hallmark+, which is available for $7.99/month or $79.99/year. Hallmark+ offers a seven-day free trial, or you can also sample the streaming service on Amazon via a Prime Video add-on.

If you want to watch Texas vs. Michigan for free from anywhere in the world, here's all the information you need. Texas vs. Michigan takes place at 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 31. This game takes place at Camping World Stadium. Texas vs. Michigan is broadcast on ABC.

The simplest way to get instant access to the NFL game is through the channel’s official streaming platform, Peacock. While there is no free trial for new users, the platform offers cheap plans starting at just $10.99 per month, or you can get an annual plan for $109.99 per year (which gets you 12 months of streaming for the price of 10).

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