Watch the Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve With Pitbull, Carson Daly and Ryan Seacrest
Get ready to hit up all the A-list New Year’s Eve parties—without leaving your sofa!
The upcoming crop of year-ending specials will be ringing in 2017 with performances that are high-wattage enough to outshine even the Times Square ball. “When you have some of the biggest names on the planet sharing this night with the audience, it means a lot,” says Carson Daly, returning to his NBC post for the 14th time. I’m very aware of how lucky I am to have the best seat in the house!”
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest (8/7c, ABC)
Auld lang sing! Mariah Carey, DNCE, Gloria Estefan and Thomas Rhett will belt our their hits while Seacrest gets lip service from cohosts Jenny McCarthy and Fergie.
New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin (8/7c, CNN)
NYE’s cutest couple celebrate their tenth “on-airversary” with correspondents who are stationed all across the country.
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A Toast to 2016! (8/7c NBC)
Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb bring their boozy ways from the fourth hour of Today to primetime in this two-hour special highlighting the buzziest stories of the year. Olympic gymnast Simon Biles, crooner Michael Bublé, and new Celebrity Apprentice boss Arnold Schwarzenegger will join the conversation.
Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution (11, Fox)
For its third installment, this rapper’s delight—cohosted by Queen Latifah and Snoop Dogg—says “Bienvenidos” to January from Miami. (Live for Eastern time zone viewers; tape-delayed everywhere else.)
New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly (11:30/10:30c, NBC)
Carson Daly welcomes his cronies from The Voice Blake Shelton and Alicia Keys, plus Pentatonix and triple-threat Jennifer Lopez. Gushes the host, “She’s the most incredible artist to see live!”
