Ryan Seacrest will host the "New Year's Rockin' Eve" program...

Ryan Seacrest will host the "New Year's Rockin' Eve" program on ABC for the 18th time next month.

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ABC's annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest" expands this year to include Disneyland as well as previous locales Los Angeles, New Orleans and the traditional Times Square.

The network and dick clark productions jointly announced Thursday that actor-producer Liza Koshy will return as co-host in New York, joining 18-time host and show executive producer Seacrest. Country music star Jessie James Decker will also be on hand.

The Disneyland segments, prerecorded in California, will be hosted by multiplatinum singer-songwriter Ciara. Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner Billy Porter returns for his fourth year as New Orleans host, while DJ, producer and rapper D-Nice returns to helm the Los Angeles portions. The 5½-hour special airs to 2 a.m. New Year's Day. Performers will be announced closer to show night, the network and the production company said.

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