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New Year\'s Eve 2024
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Here’s How To Watch The 2024 New Year’s Eve Ball Drop If You Don’t Have Cable

Kayleigh Shaw

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and we’ll soon be kissing 2023 goodbye! Of course, now’s the time to start getting your New Year’s resolutions in order so that you have a clear vision of what you want your 2024 to look like. You also might want to start planning out your New Year’s Eve activities.  But no matter if you’re staying in this year or attending a party, one event that you don’t want to miss is the 2024 New Year’s Eve Ball Drop in New York City. 

The New Year’s Eve Ball drop has been a tradition since 1907 and has been broadcast to the public in the late 1950s on CBS. The tradition rose to prominence in the early 1970s when ABC began broadcasting Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. The night was hosted by Dick Clark until he passed away in 2012. Now, it’s hosted by Ryan Seacrest and continues to feature show-stopping performances that you won’t want to miss. Luckily, this year’s event will be available to stream so you can watch it no matter what you have planned for New Year’s Eve! 

Where Can I Stream The 2024 New Year’s Eve Ball Drop?

If you want to watch Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on TV, you can watch it on NBC, CNN, or ABC at 8 p.m. EST, with the ball drop countdown beginning at 11:59 p.m. EST. If you won’t be home or you don’t have cable, don’t fret! You can still stream it live on TimesSquareNYC.com, NewYearsEve.nyc, and TimesSquareBall.net. The major TV event will also be available to watch on Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) starting at 6 p.m. EST.

The 2024 Times Square NYE ball drop will also be available to stream on Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and fuboTv. If you’re staying in one place or going to different locations throughout the night, there are plenty of ways for you to watch the ball drop. 

Who Will Be Performing At Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024

Of course, along with the ball drop, one of the most iconic parts of New Year’s Eve is watching all of the amazing talent perform at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest leading up to the ball drop. This year’s performances include Green Day, Ludacris, Janelle Monae, Ellie Goulding, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Janelle Monae, Reneé Rapp with Coco Jones, Aqua, Doechii, Loud Luxury x Two Friends with Bebe Rehxa, Nile Rodgers & Chic, and Paul Russell.

On Dec. 13, it was also announced that Post Malone, NewJeans and Ivy Queen would be joining the celebration. Along with Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper will also be ringing in the New Year in New York City during the televised event New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.

You can watch it live on CNN at 8 P.M. EST or stream it on Max or CNN.com. The star-studded performances for this show include  Enrique Iglesias, Maroon 5, the Jonas Brothers, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, and Rod Stewart. They will be joined by Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Patti Labelle, Jeremy Renner, Neil Patrick Harris, and more.

Whether you’re spending the night in on New Year’s Eve or out on the town, you’re going to want to make sure you watch the 2024 ball drop. Feel the magic of the New Year in New York City from wherever you are in the world as you stream these events and watch the show-stopping performances while ringing in 2024!

Born and raised in Arizona, Kayleigh Shaw is a Her Campus National Writer. She mainly writes for the Culture section, primarily focused on the latest entertainment news, but will occasionally write about life and career, giving advice to a wide array of readers. Outside of Her Campus, Kayleigh was also a part of Rod Pulido’s Street Team for his debut novel, Chasing Pacquiao and completed social media challenges to promote the book. She also hopes to one day write for Screen Rant and Comic Book Resources. where she will continue to use her love of all things pop culture to her advantage. She also graduated from Glendale Community College in May 2022 with an Associate's Degree in English. When Kayleigh's not working on journalism pieces, she can be found writing poems and short stories, reading, watching TikToks, listening to their favorite podcasts, listening and dancing to Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, watching movies and TV shows on Netflix and Hulu (while crying over fictional characters and relationships.) She would live in a library and avoid the rest of the world if she could. She also drinks coffee like a Gilmore and often goes down rabbit holes researching their hyper fixations.