Ready to Ring in 2025? Here Are All the New Year's Eve Specials, Including Where to Watch Them

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryan Seacrest hosts ABC’s ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2024' live from Times Square on Dec. 31, 2023, in New York City ; Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper host CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage live from Times Square on Dec. 31, 2017, in New York City.Photo:ABC/Jeff Neira ; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

ABC/Jeff Neira ; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

The countdown to 2025 is on, and there is no shortage of ways to celebrate!

As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to plan who you’ll ring in the new year with — and luckily, there are plenty of celebrities, television hosts and specials to choose from.

ABC and CNN will return with their longtime broadcast celebrations,Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin' EvewithRyan SeacrestandNew Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, respectively. Both specials will celebrate live from Times Square in New York City and feature a stacked lineup of star-studded appearances and performances to kick off 2025.

In ateaserfor the CNN event,Anderson CooperandAndy Cohengave a glimpse into their 2024 reflections, with the reporter saying, “Andy, it has been one wild year.”

Read on for a full guide to the New Year’s Eve television specials ringing in 2025.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve

Ryan Seacrest hosts ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve' on Dec. 31, 2014, in New York City.Neilson Barnard/DCNYRE2015/Getty

Neilson Barnard/DCNYRE2015/Getty

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin' Eveis returning for its 54th year with hours of musical performances and a look at celebrations happening around the globe.

Where to watchDick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin' Eve

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin' Eveairs on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.

For the second year, Dick Clark Productions has partnered with iHeartMedia, and the event will be available to stream live on the iHeartRadio app, as well as across 150 iHeartRadio stations.

The broadcast will also hit streaming the next day on Hulu.

Who is performing onDick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin' Eve?

A star-studded list of musical acts are slated to join Seacrest for the celebratory night. Among them includeNatasha Bedingfield, TLC,Kesha,HARDY, DJ Cassidy, Ernest,T-Pain, Tinashe, Cody Johnson,Thomas Rhett, Teddy Swims andLenny Kravitz.

As 2025 nears,Carrie Underwoodwill headline the night with a live performance of some of her biggest hits. After the clock strikes midnight, theJonas Brothersare slated to take the Times Square stage with acareer-spanning medley performanceto celebrate their 20th anniversary as a group.

Alanis Morissettewill take the stage multiple times throughout the night, including a performance of her 1995 hit “You Oughta Know” alongsideReneé Rapp. Meanwhile,Blake Sheltonwill join the celebration from Las Vegas, where he will perform some of his biggest hits in addition to his latest single, “Texas.”

Making theirNew Year’s Rockin' Evedebuts,Dashawill sing “Austin (Boots Stop Workin'),” whileLaufeytakes on her hit song “From The Start.”

New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash

Riley Green, Chris Janson and Jon Pardi perform during the CBS special ‘New Years Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’ on Dec. 31, 2023, in Nashville.Brett Culver/CBS via Getty

Brett Culver/CBS via Getty

The celebration will span multiple time zones, starting with a countdown to midnight in Eastern time and continuing with Nashville’s renowned Music Note Drop. Fireworks will bring the event to a close, ringing in the new year in Central time.

Where to watchNew Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash

Those in the downtown Nashville area can experienceNew Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bashfor free at Bicentennial Park’s main stage.

If you prefer to watch from the comfort of your home, the event airs live on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. It will also be available on Paramount+ to stream.

Who is performing onNew Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash?

There is a packed lineup of country stars slated to celebrate the end of 2024 with performances duringNew Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash.

New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper host CNN’s ‘New Year’s Eve Live’ in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2023, in New York City.Taylor Hill/WireImage

Taylor Hill/WireImage

Cooper and Cohen are returning for their eighth consecutive year as co-hosts of CNN’sNew Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.They’ll be live from Times Square to celebrate the new year with comedy, music and star-studded guests.

Just two weeks before the countdown, Cohen toldParadethat the event’s “directive” is for them to “have fun.”

“That’s what I’m focused on,” he said. “My focus is to make [Anderson] loosen up and to create a lot of laughs and memorable moments.”

Cohen added, “It’s such an unusual experience. It’s five hours of standing in Times Square in the elements, just shooting the s— and having fun. It’s a very unique broadcast, and it’s really fun.”

Several other CNN broadcasters will provide live coverage of celebrations across North America, while Richard Quest will be reporting from the crowds in Times Square and inside Madame Tussauds in N.Y.C.

CNN’s Sara Sidner, Harry Enten and Cari Champion will take over the festivities at 12:30 a.m. ET to ring in the new year for those on Central time, reporting live from Austin, Texas. There will be additional celebrations around the world, with CNN correspondents covering festivities in more than a dozen cities worldwide, including Tokyo, Sydney and London.

Where to watchNew Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen

Who is performing onNew Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen?

Additionally, Roy Wood Jr.,Mickey Guyton,Whitney Cummings, Amy Sedaris, Sasheer Zamata,Ziwe,Adam Devine,Amber Ruffinand Michael Ian Black are slated to make appearances.

A Toast to 2024!

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on ‘Today With Hoda and Jenna’ on Feb. 8, 2023.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Kotb and Hager are returning as the hosts of the two-hour primetime specialA Toast to 2024!starting at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

After many New Year’s Eve specials together, this will mark Kotb’s final time celebrating the holiday withTODAYas she isstepping away from her rolein 2025.

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year’s Special

Seth Meyers at the 2022 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on March 20, 2022, in Los Angeles.2022 Writers Guild Awards/Getty

2022 Writers Guild Awards/Getty

Airing at 11:30 p.m. ET and running just over an hour, the program will showcase a compilation of the series' most memorable (and buzziest) moments, including hangouts withRihanna,Dua Lipa,Kelly ClarksonandKevin Hart.

source: people.com