STORY WRITTEN BY CHUCK BARNEY/cbarney@bayareanewsgroup.com
New Years’s Eve celebrations — There’s no shame in staying home and partying in front of your TV set, as long as you’ve got someone to vacuum up the confetti. As usual, the networks will ring in the new year with several festive specials, including the venerable mainstay, “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” (8 p.m. Wednesday, ABC), which features Taylor Swift as the headlining act. The lineup also includes “Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution” (8 p.m., Fox), “New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin” (9 p.m., CNN) and “New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly” (10 p.m., NBC).
Check “A Toast to 2014!” (8 p.m., NBC) — This two-hour special promises to look back at the year’s buzziest stories, scandals, videos, trends and more. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb serve as hosts.
- Also on Wednesday:
- Orange Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Georgia Tech (5 p.m./8 p.m. Eastern, ESPN)
- “The Simpsons Movie,” 2007 film (7 p.m., FXX)
- “Road to the Winter Classic” (8 p.m., NBCSN)
- “Gimme Shelter,” 1970 film (8:30 p.m., TCM)
- “Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again” (9 p.m., HBO)
- “Michael Feinstein’s New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room” (10 p.m., PBS)
- “MTV’s New Year’s Eve 2015” (11 p.m., MTV)
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(L-R) Jenny McCarthy, Ryan Seacrest and Fergie will host ‘Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.’ (ABC/Bob D’Amico)
