Feliz! (TV program)

*Feliz!*
Feliz!
Presented by	Raúl de Molina (1998–present); Don Francisco (1986–2014);
Country of origin	United States
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	31
Production
Executive producer	Raúl de Molina;
Production locations	Miami and Mexico City (1986–present); Los Angeles (1986–present); Televisa San Ángel (1986–1999, 2000-2005); Times Square (1986–2021, 2022–present); Chicago (1987–2001); San Juan and Acapulco (2006); Puebla (2016); San Antonio (2016–2020); Las Vegas (2016–2019); Pasadena (2017); Disney California Adventure (2018); Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World (2011–2019)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	3 hours (1986–2008, 2009–2010, 2022); 2.5 hours (2008–2009); 5 hours (2010–2014); 7 hours (2014–2016); 12 hours (2016–2017); 6 hours (2017–2020); 4 hours (2021-2022, 2023-present)(with commercials)
Production company	TelevisaUnivision
Original release
Network	SIN (1986); Univision (1987–present)
Release	December 31, 1986 –; present

Feliz! is an annual television special that airs every New Year's Eve on Univision, In every edition, the show has musical guests, special celebrity appearances, and as always, the sixty second countdown to the next year and as the show progresses, more cities joined in on the festivities in addition to Times Square and Miami, including San Juan and Acapulco ¡Feliz 2006!, San Juan and Mexico City ¡Feliz 2010!, Anaheim ¡Feliz 2011!, Orlando ¡Feliz 2015!, San Antonio and Las Vegas ¡Feliz 2017!.

History

The Spanish-language networks also joined in on the celebration. SIN/Univision's coverage of the event is called ¡Feliz (Year Number)! hosted by Don Francisco from Sábado Gigante. It became the biggest New Year's Eve program on the network since its original run and it currently airs at 10:00pm since 1986. For ¡Feliz 2006!, the show starts after Sábado Gigante at a special time of 7:00pm instead of the original 8:00pm time slot to finish 2005. ¡Feliz 2009! only covers the New York City at EST portion of the program. For the first time, Univision Communications would broadcast live from Disneyland Resort for ¡Feliz 2011!. ¡Feliz 2017! was on air for 12 hours, from 3:00pm to 3:00am to finish 2016, including Los Angeles; Hong Kong; Dubai; Baghdad; Cairo; Moscow; Berlin; London; and Rio de Janeiro.

Pitbull participated in the 2018 edition, after his own Pitbull's New Year's Revolution special for Fox was cancelled.^[1]

For the 2022 edition, TelevisaUnivision have decided to not broadcast from Times Square and instead host an indoor event from their studios in Miami due to unknown reasons, but they would return to Times Square for the 2023 edition.

Years

The Eastern/Central feed is broadcast live while the Mountain/Pacific feed is tape-delayed.

Episode	Eastern time	Central time	Mountain time	Pacific time	Ref.
¡Feliz 2017!	3 p.m. (live)	2 p.m. (live)	1 p.m. (live)	12 p.m (live)	^[2]
¡Feliz 2018!	9 p.m. (live)	8 p.m. (live)	7 p.m. (live)	6 p.m (live)	^[3]
¡Feliz 2019!	9 p.m. (live)	8 p.m. (live)	7 p.m. (live)	6 p.m (live)	^[4]
¡Feliz 2020!	8 p.m. (live)	7 p.m. (live)	8 p.m. (tape-delay)	7 p.m (tape-delay)	^[5]
¡Feliz 2021!	10 p.m. (live)	9 p.m. (live)	10 p.m. (none)	8 p.m (none)	^[6]
¡Feliz 2022!	11 p.m. (live)	10 p.m. (live)	None	None	^[7]
¡Feliz 2023!	10 p.m. (live)	9 p.m. (live)	None	None	^[8]
¡Feliz 2024!	10 p.m. (live)	9 p.m. (live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2025!	10 p.m. (live)	9 p.m. (live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2026!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2027!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2028!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2029!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2030!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2031!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2032!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None
¡Feliz 2033!	10 p.m. (Live)	9 p.m. (Live)	None	None

References

^ Petski, Denise (2017-12-27). "Pitbull To Join Univision's New Year's Eve Celebration '¡Feliz 2018!'". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
^ "Univision Network Rings in the New Year with a Live Coast-to-Coast 12-Hour Special "¡Feliz 2017!"". 27 December 2016.
^ "Pitbull will Join Univision's New Year's Celebration Live from Miami". 27 December 2017.
^ "Univision Ends the Year on a High Note with Christmas Eve Special and Live New Year Coast-to-Coast Telecast". 20 December 2018.
^ "Univision Rings in a New Decade with "¡Feliz 2020!" Live Telecast". 19 December 2019.
^ "Univision Ends the Year with a Special Programming Slate Full of Love, Music and Traditions". 15 December 2020.
^ "Univision's New Year's Eve Special Programming Celebrates Love, Music, and Culture". 20 December 2021.
^ "New Year's Eve TV: All the ways you can watch the ball drop". Entertainment Weekly. 29 December 2022.

External links

[1] Petski, Denise (2017-12-27). "Pitbull To Join Univision's New Year's Eve Celebration '¡Feliz 2018!'". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

[2] "Univision Network Rings in the New Year with a Live Coast-to-Coast 12-Hour Special "¡Feliz 2017!"". 27 December 2016.

[3] "Pitbull will Join Univision's New Year's Celebration Live from Miami". 27 December 2017.

[4] "Univision Ends the Year on a High Note with Christmas Eve Special and Live New Year Coast-to-Coast Telecast". 20 December 2018.

[5] "Univision Rings in a New Decade with "¡Feliz 2020!" Live Telecast". 19 December 2019.

[6] "Univision Ends the Year with a Special Programming Slate Full of Love, Music and Traditions". 15 December 2020.

[7] "Univision's New Year's Eve Special Programming Celebrates Love, Music, and Culture". 20 December 2021.

[8] "New Year's Eve TV: All the ways you can watch the ball drop". Entertainment Weekly. 29 December 2022.

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