Looking at that calendar on the wall iPhone, there’s no denying it: 2025 is about to land in our rear view mirror, with a shiny new 2026 waiting on deck.
As you get ready to count down to midnight and ring in the new year, here’s a handy guide to the star-studded, televised/streamed revelry you can join in this Wednesday, December 31.
ABC
8 p.m.-4 a.m. ET
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026
🎤 Hosts: Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora (in Times Square), Julianne Hough and Rob Gronkowski (Las Vegas), Chance the Rapper (Chicago), and host TBA (Puerto Rico)
🎵 Musical Performances: Diana Ross (Times Square headliner), plus (in alphabetical order) 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, AJR, BigXthaPlug, Chance the Rapper, Charlie Puth, Chappell Roan, Ciara, Demi Lovato, DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live! Starring Busta Rhymes, T.I. & Wyclef Jean, Filmore, Goo Goo Dolls, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, Jordan Davis, KPop Demon Hunters‘ HUNTR/X (aka EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI), Leon Thomas, LE SSERAFIM, Lil Jon, Little Big Town, Madison Beer, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block, OneRepublic, Pitbull (of course), Post Malone, Rick Springfield, Russell Dickerson, The All-American Rejects, Tucker Wetmore, and Zara Larsson
💻 Streaming: Next day on Hulu
CBS
8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. ET
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash
🎤 Hosts: Comedian Bert Kreischer and country artist Hardy (in Nashville’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park), with social media star Haley Baylee reporting from Times Square
🎉 Guests: Comedian Dusty Slay
🎵 Musical Performances: Hardy, Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman, CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Megan Moroney, and Keith Urban
💻 Streaming: Live for Paramount+ Premium subscribers; next day on Paramount+
CNN
8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET
New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen
🎤 Hosts: Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen
🎉 Guests: Stephen Colbert, SNL‘s Sarah Sherman, Leanne Morgan, Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, B.J. Novak, Amy Sedaris, and mentalist Oz Perlman.
🎵 Musical Performances: Robyn (from Times Square), Shakira (from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.), Brandy and Monica (from The Black Promoters Collective/The Boy Is Mine Tour), Bryan Adams (from Madison Square Garden), Florence + The Machine, and RAYE
💻 Streaming: Live on CNN’s new streaming platform
Fox News Channel
8 p.m. ET
Who Can Forget 2025?
🎤 Hosts: Brian Kilmeade, Tomi Lahren, Griff Jenkins
💻 Streaming: Fox Nation
9 p.m. ET
A New Year with Kat & Tyrus
🎤 Hosts: Tyrus and Kat Timpf
🎉 Guests: Kennedy, Guy Benson, FOX Business Network’s Madison Alworth, and comedian Joe Machi
💻 Streaming: Fox Nation
11 p.m. ET
All-American New Year’s Bash
🎤 Host: Jimmy Failla
🎉 Guests: Tomi Lahren, Bar Rescue’s Jon Taffer, and comedians Aaron Berg and Charles McBee
💻 Streaming: Fox Nation
NBC
10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET
A Toast to 2025!
🎤 Hosts: Today‘s Hota Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager
🎉 Guests/Appearances By: NBC News’ Blayne Alexander, Andrea Canning, Dylan Dreyer, Willie Geist, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Tom Llamas, Josh Mankiewicz, Craig Melvin, Keith Morrison, and Al Roker; NBC Sports’/Olympians Maria Taylor, Lindsey Vonn, and Johnny Weir; Telemundo’s Nicole Suarez; American Ninja Warrior‘s Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila; America’s Got Talent‘s Howie Mandel; St. Denis Medical‘s David Alan Grier; Happy’s Place‘s Belissa Escobedo; The Hunting Party‘s Melissa Roxburgh, Sara Garcia, Josh McKenzie and Patrick Sabongui; Stumble‘s Kristin Chenoweth and Jenn Lyon; The Wall‘s Chris Hardwick; Bel-Air‘s Jabari Banks; Love Island USA‘s Amaya Espinal and Ariana Madix; The Celebrity Traitors UK‘s Tom Daley; Devil in Disguise‘s Chris Sullivan; The Paper‘s Chelsea Frei; plus Tiffany Haddish, Ethan Slater, Brian Baumgartner, Jim Gaffigan, Lil Rel Howery, Nate Jackson, Carson Kressley, Loni Love, Chris Mann, Bobby Moynihan, Tom Papa, Rob Riggle, and Wanda Sykes.
💻 Streaming: TBD
NewsNation
11 p.m. ET
Year in Review: The Moments that Mattered
🎤 Host: Elizabeth Vargas
Nexstar Stations (check local listings)
8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET
Coast-to-Coast Countdown 2026
🎤 Hosts: JD Roberto and Marysol Castro (NYC), Brad Perry and Teresa (Phoenix), Michael Yo and Nikki Novak (Las Vegas)
🎵 Musical Performances: Styx, Foreigner, UB40, Kevin Cronin, Mac McAnally, Cheap Trick, 38 Special, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Bri Bagwell
💻 Streaming: Check local stations’ platforms
