Entertainer Miley Cyrus arrives at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Dec. 27, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Getty Images North America | Ethan Miller)
Miley at midnight! Plus Blondie, Icona Pop, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. ABC continues its stranglehold on New Year's Eve.
As usual, the network's "New Year's Rockin' Eve" telecast is expected to draw tens of millions of viewers, with coverage of New Year's festivities from around the world interspersed with annoying "interviews" with folks amassed in New York's Times Square plus live performances.
Perhaps you've heard the centerpiece is Miley Cyrus, who has been inescapable in 2013 and so gets the first shot at omnipresence in '14. The ABC party goes late with live acts in Los Angeles as well.
Still it's tough to know how to play it, here in the step-sister time zone. Celebrate the New York ball drop on a tape-delay? celebrate twice, at 10 p.m. and midnight? You'll figure it out.
Jenny McCarthy, Ryan Seacrest and Fergie host a segment of ABC's New Year's Eve special. (Provided by ABC)
The evening starts slowly.
For the headine enthralled, NBC News offers a recap, "Year End News in Review," 7-9 p.m. on Channel 9.
While PBS keeps it classy with "Live From Lincoln Center" offering The New York Philharmonic's opening gala concert with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and vocalist Audra McDonald, 7-8:30 p.m. locally on Channel 6.
ABC recalls "The 30 Greatest Women in Music" with Ryan Seacrest, Jenny McCarthy and Fergie of the Black-Eyed Peas, from 8-10 p.m. on Channel 7.
Fox News purports to deliver "All-American New Year," 9-10:30 p.m. locally, with Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Bill Hemmer holding forth from Times Square. Rodney Atkins, Blues Traveler and Susan Boyle are slated to perform.
CNN hams it up with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin reunited for the seventh year of giggles and innuendo in Times Square.
The younger set may prefer "TeenNick Top 10," which presents a "New Year's Eve Countdown" with music videos and performances by Nick Cannon, Echosmith and 4Count. 10-11 p.m.on Nickelodeon.
Approaching midnight, Mountain Standard Time, the clumsily titled "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014" kicks in with Fergie, Jenny McCarthy, Jason Derulo, Fall Out Boy, Jennifer Hudson, Enrique Iglesias and Robin Thicke. The first part runs10:30-11:30 p.m. on Channel 7; Fergie co-hosts from L.A. during the later part, 11:30-2:10 a.m. with Capital Cities, Daughtry, Ariana Grande and The Fray performing. Cue the rockin'.
Or maybe you'll dip into "NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly" from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Channel 9?
As tradition dictates, CBS takes a pass on the festivities (David Letterman and Craig Ferguson have the night off.)
Mario Lopez and his dimples host Fox's "New Year's Eve Live," with J. Cole, Krewella, New Politics and Panic! At The Disco scheduled to appear, 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. on Channel 31.
You might skip the shouting hordes and prefer to be far away, in a forest with "Avatar," airing 9-12:30 on FX. Or curled up with "WALL-E" from 11:15 p.m.-1 a.m. on Disney.
MTV's "Girl Code" airs an episode called "New Year's Code," 9-10:15 p.m., reviewing "the rules of New Year's Eve." Who knew there were enough rules to sustain a 75-minute installment on MTV?
Joanne Ostrow: 303-954-1830, jostrow@denverpost.com or twitter.com/ostrowdp
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