New Year's Eve Specials to Watch

by | December 30, 2013 | Comments

2013 is almost over, and if you’re looking for a little holiday television to complement your family get-togethers, debaucherous parties, and subsequent hangovers, we’ve got a solid schedule outlined for you. Check below for the lineup of New Year’s Eve specials, marathons, and movie events commemorating the end of 2013:

DECEMBER 30th

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown

ABC, 8pm

Start the celebration early with the Peanuts gang as they throw a big New Year’s Eve Bash.

Rudolph’s Shiny New Year

AMC, 9pm

Help Rudolph find Happy, the New Year baby, or else it will stay 2013 forever!

DECEMBER 31st

Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2014

ABC, 9pm

Join Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, The Fray and many, many more as they ring in 2014.

New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly

NBC, 10pm

Hang with Carson as he starts the new year off with the Glee cast and much more!

New Years Eve Live!

FOX, 11pm

The biggest names in music and entertainment take the stage to usher in 2014.

Girl Code Presents: New Year’s Code Special

MTV, 10pm

Cast members from Girl Code and Guy Code will give the “code” for New Year’s Eve parties, midnight kisses, 2014 resolutions and how to recover from that NYE hangover.

The Fosters Marathon

ABC Family, 11am-6pm

Catch up on ABC Family’s hit show before new episodes return on January 13.

Happy Endings Marathon

VH1, 8pm

VH1 is craming in all 57 episodes of this hysterical comedy just in time for 2014.

SyFy Twilight Zone Marathon

SyFy, 8am, all day marathon

Per usual, Syfy will bring in 2014 with its annual New Year’s Twilight Zone Marathon, beginning 8am on December 31 and concluding on New Year’s Day.

The Walking Dead

AMC, 9am

In case you’ve missed this series, zombies may be just what you’re looking for to ring in 2014.

Ghostbusters Marathon

VH!, 12:30pm

Chill with Bill Murrary, Dan Aykroyd and the gang for an all day marathon of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.

Awkward

MTV, 8am-6pm

You know that “awkward” moment? Well Jenna Arnold’s living it 24/7… or at least she feels like she is. See what she, Matty, Tamara, and the rest of the bunch get up to while waiting for the ball to drop.

JANUARY 1st

Twisted Marathon

ABC Family, 11am-6pm

Get acquainted with this new ABC Family show before its second half of season one begins February 11.

Tournament of Roses Parade

NBC and ABC, 8am

Start the New Year off with the 96th annual Tournament of Roses Parade.

Bring It On Marathon

MTV, 11am

Because catty cheerleaders are exactly what you’re looking for after a hangover. Tune in for back to back marathons of all the sequels to the Bring it On franchise: Bring It On: Again, Bring It On: All or Nothing, Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, and Bring it On: In It to Win It.

Superbad

FX, 8pm

Get a double dose of Jonah Hill and Michael Cera with back to back viewings of this career launcher for the two stars.

The Mummy and The Mummy Returns

A&E, 1pm

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz star in these ancient Egyptian action-fantasy films.

The Hangover Marathon

TBS, 11am

You have a friend in this appropriately scheduled marathon that you can watch over and over — and over — again as you recover from New Years festivities.