diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
index 82f2adbeb7a5..92e02536382d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (nonatomic, assign) NSTimeInterval loadingViewFadeDuration;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGSize minimumSize;
 
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+@property (nonatomic, copy, nullable) NSArray<id<UIFocusEnvironment>> *reactPreferredFocusEnvironments;
+@property (nonatomic, weak, nullable) UIView *reactPreferredFocusedView;
+#endif
+
 - (instancetype)init NS_UNAVAILABLE;
 + (instancetype)new NS_UNAVAILABLE;
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame NS_UNAVAILABLE;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
index e157d2fa2ac4..1082e2243580 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ - (void)surface:(RCTSurface *)surface didChangeStage:(RCTSurfaceStage)stage
   [super surface:surface didChangeStage:stage];
   if (RCTSurfaceStageIsRunning(stage)) {
     [_bridge.performanceLogger markStopForTag:RCTPLTTI];
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+      self.reactPreferredFocusedView = nil;
+      [self setNeedsFocusUpdate];
+      [self updateFocusIfNeeded];
+    });
+#endif
   }
 }
 
@@ -154,4 +161,23 @@ - (void)cancelTouches
   // Not supported.
 }
 
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+#pragma mark - UIFocusEnvironment
+
+- (NSArray<id<UIFocusEnvironment>> *)preferredFocusEnvironments
+{
+  if (self.reactPreferredFocusEnvironments != nil && self.reactPreferredFocusedView.window != nil) {
+    NSArray<id<UIFocusEnvironment>> *tempReactPreferredFocusEnvironments = self.reactPreferredFocusEnvironments;
+    self.reactPreferredFocusEnvironments = nil;
+    return tempReactPreferredFocusEnvironments;
+  }
+
+  if (self.reactPreferredFocusedView && self.reactPreferredFocusedView.window != nil) {
+    return @[ self.reactPreferredFocusedView ];
+  }
+
+  return [super preferredFocusEnvironments];
+}
+#endif
+
 @end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 71dd62f9b10b..bee9270010e3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #import "RCTViewComponentView.h"
+#import <React/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h>
 
 #import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
 #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ @implementation RCTViewComponentView {
   BOOL _useCustomContainerView;
   NSMutableSet<NSString *> *_accessibilityOrderNativeIDs;
   RCTSwiftUIContainerViewWrapper *_swiftUIWrapper;
+  BOOL _focusable;
 }
 
 #ifdef RCT_DYNAMIC_FRAMEWORKS
@@ -481,6 +483,13 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
     needsInvalidateLayer = YES;
   }
 
+  // `focusable`
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+  if (oldViewProps.focusable != newViewProps.focusable) {
+    _focusable = (bool)newViewProps.focusable;
+  }
+#endif
+
   // `mixBlendMode`
   if (oldViewProps.mixBlendMode != newViewProps.mixBlendMode) {
     switch (newViewProps.mixBlendMode) {
@@ -1422,6 +1431,11 @@ - (BOOL)wantsToCooptLabel
   return !super.accessibilityLabel && super.isAccessibilityElement;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)canBecomeFocused
+{
+  return _focusable;
+}
+
 - (BOOL)isAccessibilityElement
 {
   if (self.contentView != nil) {
@@ -1671,6 +1685,8 @@ - (void)transferVisualPropertiesFromView:(UIView *)sourceView toView:(UIView *)d
   }
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Focus Events
+
 - (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
 {
   return YES;
@@ -1689,9 +1705,36 @@ - (void)handleCommand:(const NSString *)commandName args:(const NSArray *)args
   }
 }
 
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+/// Finds the containing RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView by walking up the view
+/// hierarchy.
+- (RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView *)containingRootView
+{
+  UIView *view = self;
+  while (view != nil) {
+    if ([view isKindOfClass:[RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView class]]) {
+      return (RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView *)view;
+    }
+    view = view.superview;
+  }
+  return nil;
+}
+#endif
+
 - (void)focus
 {
   [self becomeFirstResponder];
+
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+  RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView *rootView = [self containingRootView];
+  if (rootView == nil) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  rootView.reactPreferredFocusedView = self;
+  [rootView setNeedsFocusUpdate];
+  [rootView updateFocusIfNeeded];
+#endif
 }
 
 - (void)blur
@@ -1699,8 +1742,6 @@ - (void)blur
   [self resignFirstResponder];
 }
 
-#pragma mark - Focus Events
-
 - (BOOL)becomeFirstResponder
 {
   if (![super becomeFirstResponder]) {
@@ -1727,6 +1768,30 @@ - (BOOL)resignFirstResponder
   return YES;
 }
 
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+
+- (void)didUpdateFocusInContext:(UIFocusUpdateContext *)context
+       withAnimationCoordinator:(UIFocusAnimationCoordinator *)coordinator
+{
+  if (context.previouslyFocusedView == context.nextFocusedView) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (context.nextFocusedView == self) {
+    if (_eventEmitter) {
+      _eventEmitter->onFocus();
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (_eventEmitter) {
+      _eventEmitter->onBlur();
+    }
+  }
+
+  [super didUpdateFocusInContext:context withAnimationCoordinator:coordinator];
+}
+
+#endif
+
 @end
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus