‘How I Met Your Mother,’ ‘Frasier’ & More New Year’s TV Episodes to Watch on Hulu

Absolutely Fabulous, How I Met Your Mother, Frasier
BBC/Courtesy Everett Collection; CBS; NBC

Should auld acquaintances be forgot? Never, but getting together with them to ring in 2021 is probably not happening. So if you find yourself looking for a way to pass the time until midnight, Hulu has a four pack of classics that will make you feel less bad about your dashed plans!

 

Absolutely Fabulous - Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders
BBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

Absolutely Fabulous, "Happy New Year"

(Season 3, Episode 2)

Sweetie darling, forget ringing in the new year. Professional partyer Edina (Jennifer Saunders) is ready to wring someone’s neck when boozy bestie Patsy (Joanna Lumley) invites her übercritical sister (Kate O’Mara) to join their celebration.

Designing Women New Years Daze
CBS

Designing Women, "New Year's Daze"

(Season 1, Episode 11)

The ladies of Sugarbaker & Associates see their big bash go from festive to felonious after Charlene (Jean Smart) discovers that her ex has broken out of prison to spend the day with her.

How I Met Your Mother
CBS

How I Met Your Mother, "The Limo"

(Season 1, Episode 11)

Womanizer Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and the gang ride around in a limo so they can find the perfect party…but each one they go to turns out to be bad. Throw in a celebrity look-alike and a lot of romantic tension between Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Ted (Josh Radnor), and yeah, this one is legendary.

Frasier David Hyde Pierce Kelsey Grammer
NBC

Frasier, "RDWRER"

(Season 7, Episode 12)

Y2K may not have been the world-ending catastrophe we once expected, but the turn of the millennium is a disaster for uptight Niles (David Hyde Pierce) after he winds up in the wrong RV during a men’s road-trip to a wine club shindig.