1) “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” 8-10 p.m. and 10:30p.m. to 2:13 a.m. Sunday, ABC. This year’s party goes global, with Ryan Seacrest (shown here in a previous year) cutting to music in Korea (NewJeans), Puerto Rico (Ivy Queen) and Las Vegas (Post Malone.). He’ll be in Times Square, with live music from Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll , Sabrina Carpenter and Tyla. He also hasa taped California party with Janelle Monae, Ludacris, Bebe Rexha, Green day, Ellie Goulding, Doechi and more.
2) More New Year’s Eve. CBS will be in Nashville from 7:30 to 10 p.m. and 10:30 to 1:05. Lots of country’s stars will perform there – Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilsno, Morgan Wallen, Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Trace Adkins, etc. – plus Dustin Lynch in Times Square. And CNN will have Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen in New York at 8 p.m. ET, followed by Sara Sidner and Cari Champion in Austin,, from 12:30 to 2:05 a.m.
3) “Next at the Kennedy Center,” 8 p.m., PBS, repeating at 9. On Wednesday, CBS’ “Kennedy Center Honors” included a spectacular sogng by Cynthia Erivo. Now she heads her own special, in a night of Tony-winners – Erivo, 36, for “The Color Purple,” Ben Platt, 30, for “Dear Even Hansen”; and Joaquina Kalukango, 34, for “Paradise Square.”
4) “Yellowstone,” 7 a.m. to miidnight, Paramount Network. Yes, CBS is on a break from its Sunday “Yellowstone” reruns, but Paramount – which aired the show first – fills the gap. These episoders start midway in the third season and wrap up the fourth; there’s more on Monday. And the same talented writer/producer (Tyler Sheridan) has a new episode of “Mayor of Kingstown” at 8 p.m. on Showtime.
5) ALSO: Two of the networks that sometimes have New Year’s Eve specials are skipping it this year. NBC has its Sunday-night football (Packers-Vikings) and Fox has cartoons CW has two reruns – an inept one about Scooby-Doo at 7 p.m. and then “Christmas With the Chosen,” from 8-10 p.m. The latter has seven music numbers (including Andrea and Matteo Bocelli) and two monologs, plus performances from two previous specials.