Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest returns to ABC tonight, hosted primarily by American Idol’s one-man media conglomerate. Though it’s unclear how much airtime Clark, 79, will have, he’s scheduled to appear for the fourth straight year and the 36th of 37 shows since it premiered in 1972.

“Dick will do the countdown and bring the ball in, and we’ll do a bunch of (short segments) with him,” says longtime show producer Larry Klein.