To watch the NYE 2026 webcast, click here, or visit the official Times Square Facebook page. The countdown is officially on, with less than six hours until it's time to ring in the new year and the annual New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square.

Anderson Cooper dissolved in a fit of giggles on CNN's New Year's Eve Live special while reading the lyrics to Taylor Swift's "Wood"

Early in the broadcast, the pair began to bicker over sharing a bed, which Cohen believed would make them "closer, like better brothers.”