CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

What to watch while housebound on New Year’s Eve:

8 PM & 9:30 PM Eastern

United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America: Tony winners Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tony nominees Renée Fleming, Anna Deavere Smith, and Josh Groban, and many more artists join the American Pops Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in the 90-minute concert broadcast on PBS.

8 PM Eastern

ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2021: Tony-winning composer-lyricist Cyndi Lauper and star Billy Porter are among the talent scheduled to appear in the annual broadcast live from Times Square. Other performers include Gloria Gaynor, Pitbull, Anitta, Jennifer Lopez, and Andra Day.

8 PM Eastern

Ringing in the new year together for the fourth time, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will co-host CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live from New York City’s Times Square. Performances and appearances will include John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, Kylie Minogue and Jon Bon Jovi.