On October 7, 2019, Jenny McCarthy stated on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" that she would not appear as the Times Square correspondent for the 2020 edition of "New Year's Rockin' Eve", citing a desire to spend the holiday with her family, and her commitments to season 3 of Fox's "The Masked Singer" (where she serves as a celebrity panelist). Lucy Hale would serve as Times Square correspondent in place of McCarthy, and Billy Porter of the FX series "Pose" hosted the New Orleans segments in place of Hale, and also performed his song "Love Yourself". Ciara again hosted the Hollywood concert segments. Longtime ABC News journalist Barbara Walters (via file footage) and other ABC personalities also played into a social media meme involving her longtime intro to the ABC newsmagazine "20/20", by noting in a segment that "This is 2020". The broadcast also included a "first millionaire of 2020" promotion by the Powerball lottery, hosted by Jessie James Decker.