Here's how to stream Times Square New Year's Eve performances on Wednesday night and the ball drop ushering in 2026.

"Time-balls" precede the Times Square New Year's Eve tradition. Balls have been "dropped" since at least the 1830s at England’s Royal Observatory at Greenwich, where a ball dropped at a set hour every day for captains to set their navigation tools.

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You can also watch online. A webcast has typically been streamed via Facebook live. Among those that provide mobile streams of the webcast during the event, from 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 12:15 a.m. on Jan. 1, are, according to the Times Square website:

The countdown for 2026 is on, and millions will be tuning in to watch New Year's celebrations taking place around the country.

Since its 1907 debut, the New Year's Eve ball drop has become an annual tradition in Times Square. Ring in 2026 remotely and for free with this live-streaming guide to all the celebrations.

The signal of a new year is a ball for the East Coast, but those in the rest of the country have another hour, maybe three, before the new year.

2026 is just around the corner! If you’re looking to watch the ball drop live on TV this New Year’s Eve, there are various channels and streaming platforms offering live (and some free) access to New Year’s Eve content. Grab the champagne, put on your party hats, and let the celebration begin!

There’s no wrong way to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Dinner and drinks with loved ones? Perfect! Counting down from a bar? Love it. But if you’re celebrating NYE from the comfort of your home, Decider’s here to help you make sense of the bevy of New Year’s Eve streaming options.

People across the nation are watching New York City’s Times Square as they await the New Year’s Eve ball drop at midnight. KENNEDY CENTER NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERTS AND MORE SHOWS CANCELED OVER ‘TRUMP RENAMING THE CENTER AFTER HIMSELF’ With the drop of the ball,

While multiple outlets, including CNN, ABC and CBS will be airing the New Year's Eve celebrations live on their TV channels and streaming platforms, audiences can also catch the live webcast on Times Square's official website starting 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

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