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New Year's Rockin' Eve is primarily broadcast from Times Square in New York City, providing coverage of the New Year's Eve festivities held there, along with musical performances at Times Square by pop musicians, and culminating with the long-running ball drop leading to midnight and the New Year. Since 2000-2001's edition, coverage has begun with an hour-long primetime show airing at 10:00 PM ET/PT. Following late local news, the main New Year's Rockin' Eve broadcast begins at 11:35 PM ET/PT. Following the ball drop, the show continues on with pre-recorded musical performances from a studio in Hollywood. Since the 2006-2007 edition, these segments have been hosted by Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson of The Black Eyed Peas.
Since 2005, Ryan Seacrest has hosted the live show outside in Times Square (along with a celebrity correspondent providing additional reports from attendees). From his return and until his death, Dick Clark hosted a limited number of segments approaching midnight, and still conducted his traditional countdown into the new year.
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