Fox Cancels Times Square New Year’s Eve Broadcast Due To COVID-19 Surge

• Fox has decided to cancel its annual New Year’s Eve Times Square broadcast, citing the current COVID-19 surge.
  
• The network announced Tuesday night that its New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022 would be canned, with replacement programming to be announced soon.
  
• The special was set to be hosted by Joel McHale, Ken Jeong, and Kelly Osbourne, with performances by Billy Idol, Imagine Dragons, P!nk, and Maroon 5.

From Variety.com:
“While we are confident in the health and safety protocols for ‘Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022,’ the recent velocity of the spread of Omicron cases has made it impossible to produce a live special in Times Square that meets our standards,” Fox Entertainment said in a statement.

“We will not be moving forward with ‘Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022’ in New York.  The health and safety of our casts and crews has always been, and will continue to be, of the utmost importance.  Replacement programming for New Year’s Eve on Fox will be announced in the coming days.”

Sadly, it looked like it was going to be a good time!

Susan Saunders 12/22/21