How to Watch the New Years Eve Ball Drop

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The New Year is almost here, so it’s time to start making those plans for where to watch the big ball drop. Luckily, there are a ton of options available through television, streaming and even mobile devices this year, starting with the official live-stream embedded above for watching the ball drop online, courtesy of TimesSquareNYC.org.

The Times Square event is co-hosted by Allison Hagendorf and street correspondents Andrea Boehlke and Jeremy Hassel, with musical guests like Bebe Rexha and lovelytheband, a dance routine by The Lab and a performance by the USO Show Troupe. This is a show you won’t want to miss, so here are some other ways you can ring the New Year with cheer.

MOBILE AND ONLINE:

If you’re out and about and your phone is your only option, no problem. Times Square has put together a live, commercial-free, mobile webcast available at TimesSquareNYC.org, NewYearsEve.nyc, TimesSquareBall.net as well as on Facebook. The webcast begins at 6/5c and ends at 12:15/11:15c.

BROADCAST TV SPECIALS:

For those who want to catch that ball drop on an even bigger screen, there are also several television specials airing on New Year’s Eve that will feature their own hosts and running commentaries about the year ahead.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Time: 8/7c
How to watch: ABC Go
What to expect: Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy are hosting from Times Square, where Christina Aguilera will be the headline performer. Also set to take the stage are Bastille, New Kids On The Block, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Ciara, Halsey, Weezer, Lauren Alaina, Bazzi, Kane Brown and Dan + Shay.

Meanwhile, Lucy Hale hosts the Central Standard Time show from New Orleans, Louisiana’s French Quarter as part of the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Fan Fest. Florida Georgia Line and Maren Morris are scheduled to perform during that leg of the show.

Last but not least, Ciara brings up the West Coast side of the night’s festivities, with Kelsea Ballerini, The Chainsmokers, Foster the People, Dua Lipa, Ella Mai, Charlie Puth, Macklemore and Skylar Grey all scheduled to perform during the segment.

New Year’s Eve Live
Time: 8/7c
How to watch: CNN, CNNGo. You can also watch on fuboTV — start a free trial today!
What to expect: Once again, Kathy Griffin will not be on-hand to co-host CNN’s live coverage of the ball drop this year, and instead Anderson Cooper will be joined for the second time by Bravo’s Andy Cohen.

Griffin had been fired from the show after she posed for a controversial photo featuring a bloodied Donald Trump dummy head and said that the stunt cost her friendship with Cooper as well as the job. Cohen had stepped into the role soon after, and he and Cooper, though bothered by the cold, had an easy rapport in their first year as co-hosts, owed to their many years of personal friendship.

In a statement, Cohen said, “Who would’ve thought 25 years of friendship would lead to an almost-tradition of co-hosting New Year’s Eve on CNN!? I’m so excited to spend New Year’s with my friend again and promise not to complain about the bitter cold!”

Fellow CNN hosts Brooke Baldwin and Don Lemon will be on hand to cover the event for Central Standard Time.

Fox New Year’s Eve with Steve Harvey: Live From Times Square!
Time: 8-10 p.m. ET for the first half and 11 – 12:30 p.m. ET for the second half
How to watch: Fox, Fox Live. You can also watch on fuboTV — start a free trial today!
What to expect: Steve Harvey returns to his hosting duties for this show, which remains in New York after moving up from Miami, Florida last year. Maria Menounos will co-host, and musical performers for the show include Sting, Robin Thicke, Florence + the Machine, Jason Aldean, Juanes and Why Don’t We.

Harvey will also be joined by celebrity guests including Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson, Ken Jeong and Fox NFL Sunday stars Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson.

All-American New Year
Time: 8/7c
How to watch: Fox News, Fox News Go
What to expect: Griff Jenkins and Carley Shimkus kick off Fox News’ New Year’s Eve celebration with a two-hour Countdown to All-American New Year special before Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery and Pete Hegseth take over hosting the broadcast from Times Square at 10/9c. Tyrus and Britt McHenry will also report live from the crowd, while Bryan Llenas reports on security in Times Square. Tomi Lahren will also appear live from Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee, Lawrence Jones will be at JAX Brewery in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Phil Keating will be live from the W Hotel in Miami, Florida.

NBC’s New Years Eve
Time: 10-11 p.m. ET/PT for the first half and 11:30-12:30 p.m. ET/PT for the second half
How to watch: NBC, NBC.com/live. You can also watch on fuboTV — start a free trial today!
What to expect: Carson Daly, Chrissy Teigen and Leslie Jones are hosting NBC’s New Year’s Eve celebration from Times Square. The program will feature performances by Diana Ross, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton, as well as Keith Urban and Brett Young, who will perform via live telecast from the Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve event in Nashville, Tennessee.





Source : TVGuide