Fox New Year's Eve specials

This format lasted until 2020–21, when Fox aired New Year's Eve Toast & Roast, which was hosted by comedians Ken Jeong and Joel McHale from Los Angeles, with Kelly Osbourne as a correspondent in Times Square.

[1][2] The 2021–22 edition was hosted by Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Pete Hegseth of Fox & Friends Weekend from the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville.

[3][4] The 2024–25 edition was retitled the All-American New Year Bash, and was fronted by Fox News Saturday Night host Jimmy Failla.

[6] Fox New Year's Eve Live was first broadcast on December 31, 1991, which featured music and stand-up comedy performances, as well as coverage of the Times Square ball drop.

[7] Fox New Year's Eve Live returned for 1992–93, featuring coverage from New York, Chicago, and Orlando's Walt Disney World, and appearances by Martin Lawrence, Elton John, Bobcat Goldthwait from the Mayfair Theatre, and an escape act by Penn and Teller.

[13][14][15] The 1997–98 special, When New Year's Eve Attacks!, was hosted from the Rio by In Living Color's David Alan Grier, and featured performances by Chumbawamba, Sugar Ray, and Third Eye Blind, as well as a car dropping stunt.

[19][20] The Billboard-branded special returned for 2000–01 as Billboard's Rock 'n' Roll New Year's Eve, which was hosted by Kathy Griffin, and featured segments from the MGM Grand Las Vegas (some of which filmed during that year's Billboard Music Awards) with performances by the Dixie Chicks, Lil Bow Wow, Ricky Martin, and Jessica Simpson, as well as appearances by the casts of Mad TV and That '70s Show, Barry Williams, and John Stamos.

[21][22] The format returned for 2001–02, with performances by Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Incubus, Janet Jackson, No Doubt, NSYNC, Puff Daddy, Shaggy, and Tim McGraw among others.

Mayor of Miami Tomás Regalado supported the proposed events due to the amount of publicity it would bring the city, arguing that it would be "extraordinary" to "have three hours on live television, on [Fox], competing with Times Square.

"[49] Portions of the special were taped at the Thompson Hotel on Miami Beach, including performances by The Band Perry, Becky G, Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, and Fifth Harmony.

[54][55] Terry Crews and Wendy Williams co-hosted the special,[56] which featured appearances by Austin Mahone, Camila Cabello, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jussie Smollett, Sean Combs, Shawn Mendes, Prince Royce, R. City, Pia Mia, and Timbaland with Yazz of Fox series Empire.

[57] John Hamlin, the former senior vice president of music events and talent at CMT, was also brought on to serve as a producer for the special under his Switched On Entertainment banner.

[58][59] The 2016–17 edition was co-hosted by Queen Latifah and Snoop Dogg, and featured Biz Markie, Coolio, Naughty by Nature, Rob Base, Salt-N-Pepa, Tone Loc, and Young MC.

[75] The special was renewed for 2018–19, with Menounos added as co-host, performances by Florence + the Machine, Jason Aldean, Juanes, Sting, Robin Thicke, and Why Don't We, and appearances by Ken Jeong (The Masked Singer), Kenan Thompson, and the Fox NFL Sunday panel.

[79] To promote Friday Night SmackDown on Fox, WWE wrestlers Elias, R-Truth and Mojo Rawley made appearances in Times Square (with the latter two briefly exchanging the 24/7 Championship),[81] and the special included a match between Roman Reigns and Dolph Ziggler (filmed after the live SmackDown broadcast in Detroit the preceding Friday).

Facing one fewer competitor over 2017 (New Year's Eve with Carson Daly was placed on hiatus by NBC, as it tentatively scheduled Sunday Night Football for the final game of the 2017 NFL regular season.

[92] For 2021–22, Fox originally announced that Toast & Roast would return, with performances by Billy Idol, Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, Pink, and Trace Adkins (WWE SmackDown was pre-empted to FS1, airing a prerecorded year-in-review special).

[93][94] On December 21, 2021, however, Fox announced that due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns—especially involving the widespread surge of the Omicron variant in New York City—that the special had been cancelled.

[95][96] Reruns of the Beat Shazam, Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip, and I Can See Your Voice holiday specials aired in its place; thus, Fox did not provide any national New Year's programming on broadcast television for the first time since 1991,[97] an absence that would continue thereafter.