What to watch on TV this New Year's Eve

Ryan Seacrest greets New Years Eve revelers as they ring in the new year in Times Square on New Years Eve in 2015. Credit: Thomas A. Ferrara
Ready for a new year? If you're ringing it in with TV, you've got plenty of choices — party hearty, binge new/old series, catch movie marathons, and more. (All times Monday, unless noted.)
AULD LANG SYNE
Music is the motor of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest" (8-11 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-1:09 a.m., ABC/7), featuring performances by Christina Aguilera, Bastille, Dan + Shay, New Kids on the Block, Ciara, Kelsea Ballerini, The Chainsmokers, Halsey, Post Malone, Florida Georgia Line, and more. Also — "New Year's Eve With Steve Harvey" (8-10 p.m., 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Fox/5), featuring Snoop Dogg, Sting, Robin Thicke, Florence + the Machine, Jason Aldean, Juanes, and more; "NBC's New Year's Eve" (10-11 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Ch. 4), with Carson Daly, Chrissy Teigen and Keith Urban hosting Diana Ross, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton, and more.
Other Times Square celebrations — "New Year's Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen" (8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., CNN); "All American New Year" (10 p.m.-1 a.m., FNC); Spanish-language "Feliz 2019!" (9 p.m.-3 a.m., Univision/41).
SERIES MARATHONS
It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in New York without Jackie Gleason perennial "The Honeymooners" (11 p.m.-4:30 a.m., Tuesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., WPIX/11; plus bonus streaming content on PIX11 channel via Roku/Amazon Fire/etc.).
More recent series — "Doctor Who" (ongoing through Tuesday 9:30 p.m., includes 8 p.m. New Year's special premiere, BBC America); "Game of Thrones" (season 6: noon-9:25 p.m.; season 7: Tuesday noon-7:20 p.m., HBO2); "The Simpsons" (6 p.m.-Tuesday night at midnight, FXX); police sendup "Reno 911" (series 9 a.m.-4:40 a.m., Comedy;) movie "Reno 911: Miami!" (9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., HBO Comedy). Plus, an encore run starts for "Big Little Lies" (9:25-11:15 p.m. HBO2).
Other old-time favorites — Rod Serling's 60th anniversary "Twilight Zone" (already running on Syfy, through Wednesday 6 a.m., syfy.com/syfy-twilight-zone-marathon-2019-schedule); inexplicable '70s familycom "The Paul Lynde Show" (6 p.m.-3:30 a.m., Antenna); David Hasselhoff's talking car in "Knight Rider" (8 p.m.-Tuesday 8:50 p.m., Encore Classic); Tony Randall and Jack Klugman as "The Odd Couple" (10 p.m.-Tuesday 9 p.m., WLNY/10/55); Adam West's '60s campfest "Batman" (midnight-Tuesday 6 p.m., IFC).
UNSCRIPTED STACKUPS
New faves like "Dr. Pimple Popper" (2:30 p.m.-4 a.m., TLC) compete with reliables like "MythBusters" (ongoing through Wednesday 9 p.m., Science), "Impractical Jokers" (7:30 a.m.-4 a.m., truTV), and "Love & Hip Hop" (8 a.m.-Wednesday 9 p.m., VH1). Plus — docuseries "Aerial America" (6 a.m.-Wednesday 8 a.m., with New York at 2 p.m. on Monday, Smithsonian) and "World War II in Color" (noon-4 a.m., AHC).
MOVIES
Horror, humor, studio-era Hollywood — "Friday the 13th" fright franchise (8 a.m.-Tuesday 6:30 a.m., Movies!); classic mystery repartee with William Powell and Myrna Loy in "The Thin Man" (8:45 a.m.-8 p.m., TCM); Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones titles (11:30 a.m.-12:06 a.m., Paramount); "That's Entertainment/Dancing" (8 p.m.-5 a.m., TCM); Richard Pryor stand-up films (8 p.m.-2:30 a.m., Sony).
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