• New Year's Rockin Eve is a television special hosted by Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest that airs every year on New Year's Eve. The special follows and reports on West and East coast festivities for the hours leading up to the countdown for the New Year's ball drop, in Times Square, N.Y.

• Fast Facts

  1. 2008-09 hosts: Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest
  2. 2008-09 Times Square reporter: Kellie Pickler
  3. West Coast host: Fergie
  4. Network: ABC
  5. Airs: December 31 at 10/9cChicago Sun-Times: New Year's Eve Will Be... (December 8, 2008)
  6. The show airs live in the Eastern time zone and is delayed in other zones so they can celebrate at their midnight
  7. First aired: December 31, 1972

• 2008-09 Entertainers

  • Taylor Swift
  • Lionel Richie
  • The Jonas Brothers
  • Natasha Bedingfield
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Pussycat Dolls
  • Solange
  • Robin Thicke
  • Ne-Yo
  • Jesse McCartney

• Guy Lombardo

  From 1956-76, Guy Lombardo hosted the traditional New Year's celebration on CBS and NBC called Happy New Year, America. He was responsible for a formal show which became known for yearly orchestra performances of "Auld Lang Syne." It is said that Lombardo paved the way for Dick Clark.

• Dick Clark Quote

  "Guy was the only choice for the older generation. That's why we put Rockin' in the title. It wasn't the Waldorf-Astoria with the people dancing cheek-to-jowl in their tuxedos and funny hats."Post-Gazette: ...Without Guy Lombardo (December 26, 2001)

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