Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (formerly Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve) is a television program that airs every New Year's Eve on ABC. It has been hosted by Dick Clark since its first airing on Sunday, December 31, 1972. Ryan Seacrest has been the program's co-host since the December 31, 2005 telecast. The show features performances from various contemporary artists, as well as coverage of the dropping of the Times Square Ball in New York City's Times Square. The program airs live in the Eastern Time Zone, and then on tape delay in the other areas of the United States so that the show is correlated to when midnight strikes in the other respective time zones.

Since December 31, 2000, a pre-show of New Year's Rockin' Eve has aired in primetime, featuring additional musical performances and live updates from Times Square.

Format

The program has typically consisted of live coverage of New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square (including its long-running ball drop), along with live musical performances on location by popular artists (which are exclusive to the broadcast). Since 2005, Ryan Seacrest has hosted the live show outside in Times Square itself (along with a celebrity correspondent providing additional reports from the crowds), while Dick Clark co-hosts and makes appearances from the Times Square Studios.

Since the 2000/2001 edition, coverage has began with New Year's Rockin' Eve Primetime, an hour-long pre-show aired at 10:00 PM ET...
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