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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Production locations | Miami and Mexico City (1986–present) Los Angeles (1986–present) 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 (1986-12-31) – present |
Feliz! is an annual television special that airs every New Year's EveonUnivision, 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!.
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 9:00pm 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.
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. |
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| ¡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 |
