How To Watch The Times Square Ball Drop Without Cable

Happy New Year! There are a variety of ways to bid farewell to 2023 from the comfort of your very own home. There are three high-profile New Year’s Eve shows airing on ABC, CBS, and CNN, with the official NYE 2024 webcast streaming on a variety of platforms (more on that below).

Ryan Seacrest will once again host Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC. This year’s show will feature performances from Cardi B, K-Pop group NewJeans, Post Malone, Ivy Queen, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyla, and LL Cool J. If you want to welcome 2024 with old pals Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, coverage of their CNN special begins at 8:00 p.m. ET. Finally, Elle King and Rachel Smith’s Nashville’s Big Bash NYE special starts at 7:30 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.

Have a safe and happy 2024! Here’s how to watch all the New Year’s Eve coverage live online.

WHEN DOES NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL DROP COVERAGE START?

New Year’s Eve coverage will air across a variety of networks and streaming services. Here are the start times for a few of our favorites:

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

Hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora, the action begins at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC. If you have a valid cable login, you can watch live on ABC, the ABC app, or the ABC app/website. The special will also be available for next-day streaming on both ABC.com and Hulu.

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper’s New Year’s Eve Special:

Beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET, you can stream Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen live on CNN Max (which is available to all Max subscribers). Pay TV subscribers can watch on CNN, CNN.com, and CNN connected TV and mobile apps.

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

Starting at 7:30 p.m. ET, you can watch Nashville’s Big Bash live on CBS, the CBS website (with a valid cable login), or Paramount+ with Showtime.

HOW TO WATCH THE NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL DROP WITHOUT CABLE FOR FREE:

Hosted by Jonathan Bennett and Jeremy Hassell, the official NYE 2024 webcast starts at 6:00 p.m. ET. You can watch all the action live for free via the official Times Square website, a Vimeo Times Square live stream, Facebook, Twitter, and TimesSquareBall.net.

Free mobile streaming is also available on TimesSquareNYC.org and NewYearsEve.nyc.

Finally, you can also stream New Year’s Eve coverage with an active subscription to an over-the-top streaming service that offers any of the aforementioned networks, including fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV STREAM, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.