{"id":15419,"date":"2020-12-08T16:20:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15419"},"modified":"2020-12-08T16:20:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:20:06","slug":"billy-porter-to-join-ryan-seacrest-and-lucy-hale-in-times-square-for-dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-with-ryan-seacrest-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/08\/billy-porter-to-join-ryan-seacrest-and-lucy-hale-in-times-square-for-dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-with-ryan-seacrest-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Porter to Join Ryan Seacrest and Lucy Hale in Times Square for &#8220;Dick Clark&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15421\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rockin-new-years.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rockin-new-years.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rockin-new-years-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rockin-new-years-560x320.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rockin-new-years-260x149.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rockin-new-years-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Ryan Seacrest photo by Angela Georgedick clark productions and ABC today announced that Emmy(R), GRAMMY(R) and Tony(R) winner Billy Porter, who hosted the New Orleans festivities for the first time last year, will join Ryan Seacrest and Lucy Hale in Times Square in New York for &#8220;<strong><em>Dick Clark&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; Returning to the show for her fourth year, award-winning multiplatinum-selling artist Ciara will once again oversee the Los Angeles festivities. In his 16th year as host of America&#8217;s most-watched New Year&#8217;s Eve special, Ryan Seacrest will lead the traditional countdown to midnight live from New York City on Thursday, December 31, beginning at 8:00PM EST on ABC. 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