Spending New Year’s Eve at home? Here’s how to watch the Sydney fireworks – and what else is on TV

With Omicron surging around Australia, there’s good reason to veg out at home in front of the TV this New Year’s Eve and observe the outside world through this medium we call television. One day in the future plugged into the metaverse, we’ll be astral projecting between virtual fireworks displays while high-fiving our digitally recreated long-dead ancestors, but for now we are still absorbing entertainment via moving images displayed on flat screens. The humble old teev offers various ways to count down the new year, including fireworks displays, recaps and movies.