How to watch the Times Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve online and on TV

Jennifer Lopez took over New York’s Times Square station ahead of her New Year’s Eve performance.The Jenny From The Block hitmaker, who is due to appear on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest to ring in 2021 on Thursday night (December 31, 2020), posed inside a subway train and on the platform in a voluminous baby blue Balmain gown that featured an overflowing tulle skirt, a pair of knee-high glossy black stiletto boots, and a bedazzled cropped black blazer to film a segment

J.Lo's subway ride while wearing a baby blue, Cinderella-inspired ball gown, the Hustlers star then took to the stage in New York City, and she was literally larger than life. Lopez's beautiful, snow white, feathery, Valentino Couture coat cascaded into wedding cake-like tiers down a huge platform in the center of the stage.

Although this year's live event is closed to the public, audiences everywhere will still be able to ring in the new year via live stream to witness the annual New Year's Eve ball drop in New York's Times Square. Actor and TV personalityJonathan Bennett will return to serve as the host of the Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration after hosting in 2019 and 2016.

New Year's Eve was a little different last night, and crowds were banned from attending the annual celebration in New York's Times Square. However, that didn't stop performers from dressing to the nines, and putting on an unforgettable show.

ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest led the way Thursday with its annual countdown to the new year, drawing a 2.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 8.37 million viewers in the primetime portion of its broadcast in fast affiliate Nielsen Live+Same Day numbers.

As years go, we can probably all agree that 2020 wasn't the greatest. However, Jennifer Lopez decided to beckon in 2021 in the best possible way, with a blissfully over-the-top performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.Beginning with a video intro featuring J.Lo's subway ride while wearing a baby blue, Cinderella-inspired ball gown, the Hustlers star then took to the stage in New York City, and she was literally larger than life.

In what host Ryan Seacrest described as “a first”, President-elect Joe Biden and future First Lady Jill Biden appeared live from their home on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

2020 was light on parties, but Miley Cyrus is kicking off 2021 with a “Party in the U.S.A”.

It’s annual tradition to watch the ball drop live from Times Square in Midtown Manhattan at midnight on New Year’s Eve, and we have the live video for you to watch and stream!

2020 is almost over and you know what that means…it’s time for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest!

This year, you won’t experience FOMO by watching the New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York City’s Times Square from your computer. That’s because just about everyone has to due to the pandemic, which has forced Times Square to turn away the public on New Year’s Eve for the first time since 1907 (the first year the ball dropped).

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, this year celebrating its 49th year! Ryan Seacrest is set to once-again be live in Times Square in New York City for his 16th time as host, joined by Lucy Hale and Billy Porter.

at midnight ET on Friday, Jan. 1. Check out how to watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Years Eve, wherever you are. If you're without cable and want a no-fuss way to watch the ball drop, you can watch the livestream on NewYorkTimesSquare.org.

NEW YORK -- New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions.But the department's playbook this year includes an unusual mandate: preventing crowds of any size from gathering in Times Square.Citing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, police closed the Crossroads of the World to vehicles and pedestrians at midnight and said they would disperse any