Dick Clark's New Year's Rocking Eve 2016 with Ryan Seacrest: Times, lineup, TV channel

Ryan Seacrest will continue the New Year's Eve tradition started by the legendary Dick Clark in the annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. (Contributed photo/ABC)

Ryan Seacrest will continue the New Year's Eve tradition started by the legendary Dick Clark in the annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest."

The event from New York City's Times Square will start at 7 p.m. CST on ABC. Seacrest will be hosting the event, with co-host Jenny McCarthy and West Coast hostess Fergie of the group "The Black Eyed Peas."

While the midnight ball drop is the star of the show, there's a host of major celebrities who will be joining in the fun. The lineup includes country superstar Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Wiz Khalifa, Demi Lovato and Charlie Puth in Times Square. From the West Coastk, will be One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Alessia Cara, Andy Grammer, DNCE, Elle King, Ellie Goulding, Fall Out Boy, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Nathan Sykes, Nick Jonas, OMI, Pentatonix, Rachel Platten, Tove Lo, and Walk the Moon.

Jimmy Buffet will be providing a special live performance from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn just after the ball drops. Taylor Swift will debut her new video "Out of the Woods" during the broadcast.

The show is broken up into several parts:

7 p.m.-10 p.m. - Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016"
10:30 p.m.-12:09 a.m.– "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016, Part 1"
12:10 a.m.-1:13 a.m. – "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016, Part 2"

How to watch

The event will be on all ABC channels or you can live stream the show via the ABC app and ABC Go.

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