Television studios and streaming services alike are set to roll out a number of New Year’s Eve celebrations. The countdown specials will feature a roster of A-list performers from a range of different music genres as well as other surprises.
Among the upcoming spectaculars that will bring in 2023 is “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” on CBS, which will headline Brooks & Dunn, Zac Brown Band and Kelsea Ballerini. Other specials set to air include Miley Cyrus’ second New Year’s Eve installment of “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party,” which will be cohosted by country songstress Dolly Parton.
Here is a guide to the upcoming New Year’s Eve TV specials. Read on to find out more.
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“New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash”
Dec. 31 from 8 to 10 p.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. ET on CBS and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+
“New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash”
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Hosted by Jimmie Allen, Elle King and Rachel Smith, the CBS special will feature a string of performances from some of the biggest stars in country music. Broadcast live from Nashville, Tennessee, the special will include a main stage at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, where Brooks & Dunn, Zac Brown Band and Kelsea Ballerini are set to headline. The five-hour bash will include live performances, fireworks and a signature Music Note Drop at midnight to ring in the New Year.
“A Toast to 2022!”
December 31 at 8 p.m. -10 p.m. ET on NBC
In preparation for Miley Cyrus’s NYE special, “Today” show hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager will host a two-hour special on NBC, looking back on the year’s most talked about moments. The special will feature interviews from Cyrus, George Lopez, Dolly Parton, Kenan Thompson and more. More interviews include Lester Holt, Loni Love, Mario Lopez, Martha Stewart and Lisa Vanderpump.
“Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party”
Dec. 31 from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET on NBC or stream live and on-demand on Peacock
“Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party” hosted by Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton
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Miley Cyrus will return to NBC to host her New Year’s Eve party, this time tapping her godmother, legendary country music songstress Dolly Parton, as her cohost. Cyrus began her NYE special last year, when Pete Davidson was cohost, and included performances by Jack Harlow, Anitta, Noah Cyrus and Billie Joe Armstrong. Performers for this year’s special include Sia, Rae Sremmurd and Latto.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest”
Dec. 31 on ABC from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. ET
The decades-long special will return with Ryan Seacrest and his cohost Ciara. The program includes Ciara’s pre-recorded segments filmed at Disneyland. Other guests include DJ D-Nice, who will cohost in L.A.; Liza Koshy, who will cohost in New York; country singer Jessie James Decker, who will reveal the first millionaire of 2023 as the Powerball cohost, and Billy Porter, who will cohost the show from New Orleans. The list of performers for 2022-23 includes Halle Bailey, Fitz and the Tantrums, Dove Cameron, Finneas, Betty Who, Armani White, Wiz Khalifa and more. The countdown to 2023 will include the iconic Times Square ball drop.
“CNN’s New Years Eve Live”
Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET.
The New Year’s Eve special, held in Times Square, will be hosted once again by longtime moderators Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen from New York City and Don Lemon, who will be live in New Orleans. The special will bring a roster of star-studded performances, including Usher, Patti Labelle and Ellie Goulding, who will sing new music from her upcoming album “Higher Than Heaven.”
“2022 Back That Year Up With Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson”
Dec. 23 on Peacock
Produced by Kevin Hart’s global media company, Hartbeat, this year-in-review special will reminisce on the funniest moments of 2022. Hosted by Hart and “Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson, the hourlong special will include guest appearances by Quinta Brunson, Nick Cannon, Terry Crews, Rob Gronkowski and more. The upcoming special is the second installment of Hart producing an end of the year show for the streaming platform. Last year, he hosted a special with rapper Snoop Dogg, titled “2021 and Done With Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart.”
“All-American New Year 2023“
Dec. 31 on Fox from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. ET
Fox News channel is set to ring in the New Year live from the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee. “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-hosts Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Duffy and Pete Hegseth will mount the coverage, along with appearances by other Fox News Media contributors and personalities. The evening will include a live performance by multi-platinum country music star Brantley Gilbert and a standup comedy routine by Jimmy Failla. The special will also broadcast New Year’s Eve contributions from other Fox media members across the country, including Emily Compagno in Times Square, Jenkins in Key West, Florida, Madison Alworth at Steamboat in Colorado and Christina Coleman in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nick Kosir, Fox’s weather meteorologist, will be stationed at a polar plunge in Ocean City, New Jersey.