Happy New Year! As we say goodbye to 2025, it’s time to gear up for the arrival of 2026.

If you’re planning to enjoy New Year’s Eve from the comfort of your home, we’ve got all the streaming details you’ll need to welcome 2026. Once again, ABC will broadcast Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. Over on CBS, get ready for Nashville’s Big Bash, hosted by comedian Bert Kreischer alongside country music sensation HARDY. NBC will feature A Toast to 2025 from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Meanwhile, my go-to channel will be CNN for New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.

Wondering how you can catch all the excitement online? Here’s a guide to streaming various New Year’s Eve countdowns.

New Year’s Eve 2025 Free Streaming Options:

You can welcome 2026 live through the official Times Square website, Facebook, YouTube, or TimesSquareBall.net. There will also be a livestream equipped with open captions and American Sign Language interpretation on YouTube. These complimentary live streams kick off tonight at 6:00 p.m. ET.

Furthermore, you can access free mobile streams via TimesSquareNYC.org and NewYearsEve.nyc.

How To Watch The 2026 New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Countdown Live Online:

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

Start Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Where To Watch: New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will air on CNN, and on CNN’s mobile app and connected TV apps on Smart TVs. The special will also be available to stream on CNN’s new streaming service, CNN All Access, which is currently available for $34.99 for the first year (or $3.50 a month).

Unlike previous years, New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will not be streaming live on HBO Max. Finally, you can also watch live with an active subscription to Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, DIRECTV, or Sling TV.

Performers: Per CNN, this year’s special will “feature music, comedy and some surprise guests, including Stephen Colbert, Robyn performing live from Times Square, Shakira performing from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, Brandy and Monica from The Boy Is Mine Tour presented by BPC, Bryan Adams from Madison Square Garden, Florence + The Machine, RAYE, mentalist Oz Perlman, Amy Sedaris, Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, Aloe Blacc, Patti LaBelle, Grammy and Tony Nominated Singer, Songwriter Michelle Williams, Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, comedians B.J. Novak, Leanne Morgan, Sarah Sherman and more.”

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest:

Hosts: Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora

Start Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Where To Watch: The special will air live on ABC and be available for next-day streaming on Hulu. You can also stream the show live with an active subscription to Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, fuboTV, DIRECTV, or Sling TV.

Performers: Icon Diana Ross will headline the event, which will also include performances by 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, 6lack, 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: The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X – 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, Post Malone, Rick Springfield, Russell Dickerson, The All-American Rejects, Tucker Wetmore, and Zara Larsson.

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

Hosts: Bert Kreischer and country music star HARDY

Start Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Where To Watch: You can stream the special live on CBS or Paramount+ Premium ($12.99/month). Free trials are available on Paramount+ and Amazon. You can also stream live with an active subscription to Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, fuboTV, DIRECTV, or Sling TV.

Performers: The special will be headlined by Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman, and special guests CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The show will also feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and Stephen Wilson Jr.

NBC’s A Toast to 2025!

Hosts: Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager

Start Time: 10:30

Synopsis: Per NBC, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager will be joined by a wide-ranging lineup of actors, athletes, comedians, TV personalities, and NBC News talent as they look back at the most unforgettable, buzziest, and inspiring moments of 2025.

Where To Watch: You can stream the special on NBC or the NBC website/app. You can also stream live with an active subscription to Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, DIRECTV, or Sling TV.

Fox News:

Fox News will air three one-hour New Year’s Eve specials from 9:00-12:00 p.m. ET: A New Year with Kat & Tyrus, Who Can Forget 2025?, and Jimmy Failla’s All-American New Year’s Bash.

Start Time: 9:00 p.m. ET

Where To Watch: FOX News Channel and FOX One, which is available for $19.99/month and offers a free seven-day trial.

Happy New Year!