Fox is ringing in the new year by reuniting Community co-stars Ken Jeong and Joel McHale to host Fox’s New Year’s Eve Roast & Toast 2021.
Jeong, 51, and McHale, 49, are set to host the event from Los Angeles, with Kelly Osbourne featured as a correspondent reporting from New York City‘s Times Square.
Fox also confirmed David Guetta featuring Raye will be performing, with new appearances by Tiger King’s Carol Baskin, Dionne Warwick, Ice-T & Coco, and Jason Biggs.
Hosts Ken and Joel: Fox is ringing in the new year by reuniting Community co-stars Ken Jeong and Joel McHale to host Fox’s New Year’s Eve Roast & Toast 2021
Friends: Jeong, 51, and McHale, 49, are set to host the event from Los Angeles, with Kelly Osbourne featured as a correspondent reporting from New York City’s Times Square
Craig Robinson is also coming aboard along with the Nasty Delicious, who will be the house band for the festivities.
Guetta and Raye will join previously-confirmed performers such as LeAnn Rimes, Gloria Estefan, Doctor Elvis, John Legend, Green Day, Ava Max and Gabby Barrett.
Other celebrities confirmedCheyenne Jackson, Jane Krakowski, Leslie Jordan, Mayim Bialik, Morris Chestnut, Randy Jackson, Tim Allen and Tom Payne.
Performers: Guetta and Raye will join previously-confirmed performers such as LeAnn Rimes, Gloria Estefan, Doctor Elvis, John Legend, Green Day, Ava Max and Gabby Barrett
The three-and-a-half hour live special will air in two parts, the first debuting Thursday, December 31 at 8:00-10:00 PM ET/CT live, with the MT/PT airings tape-delayed.
The second part airs at 11:00 PM-12:30 AM ET live, with the CT/MT/PT airings tape-delayed.
Jeong and McHale, who starred on Community and also host The Darkest Timeline podcast and are longtime friend, will reunite to help ring in the New Year with the special, ‘dedicated to the highs and lows of 2020, specifically celebrating those that helped to make the world a better place this past year.’
Community stars: Jeong and McHale, who starred on Community and also host The Darkest Timeline podcast and are longtime friend, will reunite to help ring in the New Year with the special, ‘dedicated to the highs and lows of 2020, specifically celebrating those that helped to make the world a better place this past year’
‘Ken and Joel together are one of the funniest duos out there,” said Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment & Specials, FOX Entertainment.
‘These two have been toasting and roasting each other on national television for years, so they were the perfect pair to ring in the New Year,’ he added.
‘Also, we love Ken so much, we wanted to squeeze in three more hours of him before the New Year!’ Wade joked.
Funny duo: ‘Ken and Joel together are one of the funniest duos out there,” said Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment & Specials, FOX Entertainment
Roasting: ‘These two have been toasting and roasting each other on national television for years, so they were the perfect pair to ring in the New Year,’ he added
Jeong has been a fixture at Fox over the past year, appearing as a judge on the network’s hit reality series The Masked Singer, and the new spin-off The Masked Dancer.
Jeong also has three movies slated for release in 2021, the animated film Tom & Jerry, arriving February 26, plus Boss Level and Extinct which don’t have releases dates yet.
McHale has the dark comedy Happily with Natalie Zea arriving on February 5, with Queenpins in post-production.
Masked Singer: Jeong has been a fixture at Fox over the past year, appearing as a judge on the network’s hit reality series The Masked Singer, and the new spin-off The Masked Dancer
Coming soon: McHale has the dark comedy Happily with Natalie Zea arriving on February 5, with Queenpins in post-production