''New Year's Eve Live'' is an annual
New Year's Eve television special broadcast by
CNN
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and
CNN International
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. It primarily focuses on coverage of the
ball drop festivities held in
Times Square
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in
New York City
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while also featuring coverage of events in other areas of the U.S. and around the world.
Anderson Cooper has been hosting ''New Year's Eve Live'' since 2002. From 2007 to 2017, comedian
Kathy Griffin
Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television comedy specials and has released comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show '' Kathy ...
was Cooper's co-host, providing
bawdy
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Sex is presented in ribald material more for the purpose of poking fun at ...
comic relief
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Definition
Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic epis ...
; Griffin was dismissed from the program and CNN in May 2017. Griffin was replaced by
Andy Cohen
Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer.
Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...
beginning with the 2017–18 edition.
The program has become known for its sometimes raucous and controversial moments.
Overview
On December 31, 2001,
Miles O'Brien hosted informal, news-based coverage of New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square. CNN correspondents provided reports of the festivities from the crowd, including the swearing in of incoming New York City
mayor
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,
Michael Bloomberg.
In 2002, Anderson Cooper took over as host from Times Square.
He had volunteered to host New Year's coverage in response to his own personal ambivalence on the holiday.
The program was initially only 30 minutes long, beginning at 11:30 PM
Eastern
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*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
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until shortly after the conclusion of the ball drop. The runtime was expanded to 90 minutes beginning in 2003, and was extended several times in the following years.
As of 2022, the program runs from 8 PM until just after 1 AM Eastern, with the last half hour focusing on festivities in the
Central Time Zone
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Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordina ...
. This was in contrast with other nationally broadcast New Year's Eve programs until 2017, when
ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve started observing a Central countdown. The Pacific Time Zone is covered only by
tape-delaying the East Coast event coverage, and there is no coverage or countdown for the Mountain Time Zone. In addition to Times Square, the program has frequently broadcast from
Nashville,
Memphis
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* Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt
* Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city
Memphis may also refer to:
Places United States
* Memphis, Alabama
* Memphis, Florida
* Memphis, Indiana
* Memp ...
,
, and
Key West, where Gary Marion (a
drag queen
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who performs as "Sushi") rides a ruby shoe down to ring in the new year.
Guest correspondents over the years include
Don Lemon
Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist most well known for being a host on CNN. Lemon anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. He ...
,
Poppy Harlow
Poppy Harlow (born Katharine Julia Harlow; May 2, 1982) is an American journalist, best known for her reporting at CNN and Forbes.com. She is an anchor of CNN This Morning and is based at CNN's New York news bureau. She was previously co-anchor o ...
,
Ed Henry
Edward Michael Henry Jr. (born July 20, 1971) is an American journalist. Henry was the co-host of ''America's Newsroom'' on the Fox News Channel, along with Sandra Smith. On June 20, 2011, he left CNN, to become the Fox News White House Corresp ...
,
John Zarrella
John Zarrella is an American news correspondent. He worked for CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Re ...
, and
Gary Tuchman
Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.
Biography
His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five ye ...
, the last of whom typically serves as a roving reporter covering
various smaller or more eccentric New Year's celebrations (in recent years alongside his daughter Lindsay Tuchman).
In recent years, musical performances inside Times Square and in other places have been shown.
On May 31, 2017, CNN cut its ties with Griffin after she had posted a photo depicting her holding a
mock severed head of U.S. president
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. A CNN spokesperson described her photo as "disgusting and offensive", while Cooper himself condemned the photo by stating that it was "clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate".
On October 11, 2017, Andy Cohen was announced as Griffin's replacement.
Past editions
2003–2006
On December 31, 2003, Anderson Cooper hosted, joined by
Jason Carroll (street reports),
Hugh Hefner (at the
Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion, also known as the Playboy Mansion West, is the former home of ''Playboy'' magazine founder Hugh Hefner who lived there from 1974 until his death in 2017. Barbi Benton convinced Hefner to buy the home located in Holmby Hill ...
),
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi ...
,
Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, a ...
,
Ben Stein,
Amazing Kreskin,
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (k ...
,
John Zarrella
John Zarrella is an American news correspondent. He worked for CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Re ...
(Key West),
Kendis Gibson (
Elma, New York :'' For other places with this name, see Elma''.
Elma is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 11,721 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the American elm tree.
Elma is in the county's central area, southe ...
, where a resident had won a write-in contest to have the show come to her New Year party, which in her case also was a graduation and going-away party for her son), and live look-ins at celebrations in other cities.
On December 31, 2004, ''New Year's Live with Anderson Cooper'' featured a performance by
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
from
Caesars Palace in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
.
On December 31, 2005, Anderson Cooper hosted from Times Square, with
Erica Hill
Erica Ruth Hill-Yount is an American journalist who works for CNN. She serves as a primary substitute anchor and a correspondent. She co-anchored ''Weekend Today'' from 2012 to 2016, following work at CBS since 2008.
Personal life
Hill was b ...
reporting from the crowd on the street. John Zarrella reported from Key West,
Betty Nguyen
Betty Nguyen (born September 1, 1974) is an American news anchor, who is currently at WPIX in New York City. Nguyen has previously worked for NBC News, MSNBC, CBS News, and CNN.
Career
Nguyen began her career as a morning anchor and reporter ...
was in Chicago, and
Susan Roesgen
Susan Roesgen is an American television reporter. She has worked in radio and television broadcasting for more than two decades, including prime time news anchor positions at several TV stations. She has worked as a general assignment correspond ...
was in New Orleans, which was recovering from
Hurricane Katrina. Musical performances included
James Brown at
B.B. King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shi ...
's blues club in Times Square,
John Mayer Trio
The John Mayer Trio is a blues rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2005. Comprising singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan, the band has released one live album, ''Try!'' in 2005 ...
in San Francisco,
Barenaked Ladies at
St. Pete Times Forum,
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in 1990 through the suggestion of Tim DuBois. Before their formation, both members were so ...
in Nashville,
Fantasia at
The Aladdin
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in Las Vegas,
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. ...
, and
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...
.
Harry Connick, Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 List of best-selling music artists i ...
did a special feature on New Orleans, while
Chef Paul Prudhomme joined for a cooking segment also in New Orleans.
On December 31, 2006, ''New Year's Live with Anderson Cooper'' featured a performance by the
Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska.
After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sou ...
in
Anaheim, California
Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most ...
, and
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo founded by singers Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, both Kentucky natives. They began performing together in the 1990s as part of two different bands with Montgomery's brother, John Michael Mo ...
at
Rupp Arena
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.
James Brown was scheduled to perform a song live, but he died on December 25.
2007
For the program on December 31, 2007, comedian Kathy Griffin joined Anderson Cooper as co-host for the 90-minute show. The two immediately developed a unique rapport, which featured discussion about
pop culture events and off-beat news stories from the year. Griffin actively engaged Cooper in various personal questions and rumors, and often steered the program off-track from Cooper's normal strait-laced broadcasting style.
Griffin also initiated an annual
drinking game
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for each time she addressed Cooper as "Andy."
Erica Hill reported from street level in the crowd in Time Square,
Kiran Chetry
Kiran Carrie Chetry ( ne, किरण क्षेत्री, born August 26, 1974) is a former American television broadcast journalist who, until 2011, was a cable news anchor for CNN's ''American Morning''. From 2001 to 2007 she reported ...
reported from
Hard Rock Cafe
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, Gary Tuchman took part in the "Midnight Run" in Central Park, and John Zarrella reported from Key West.
Sean Callebs (
) and Kareen Wynter (Las Vegas) also joined for segments.
2008
For the program on December 31, 2008, comedian Kathy Griffin joined Anderson Cooper as co-host for the second year, this year expanded to two hours. Griffin spent much of the night responding to hecklers. As the show was going to commercial she responded to a heckler by saying "I don't go to your job and knock the dicks out of your mouth."
She also asked if she could "get a
pap smear
The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in t ...
from
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
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,"
to which Cooper responded "Really, are we going there ''already''?"
She later called
Glenn Beck a "
heroin addict Mormon."
She asked Cooper if he had ever "ridden the ''
Morning Express''"
(a reference to
Robin Meade
Robin Michelle Meade (born April 21, 1969) is a former American television news correspondent. She was the lead news anchor for HLN's morning show '' Morning Express with Robin Meade''. Meade was a former Miss Ohio and began her broadcasting car ...
whom Griffin claimed Cooper was "in love with").
Don Lemon and Erica Hill reported from street level and Gary Tuchman from the Midnight Run in
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated ...
.
Brooke Anderson reported from Las Vegas, Sean Callebs reported from New Orleans, and John Zarrella reported from Key West.
White House Correspondent
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Ed Henry reported from
Hawaii
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, following president-elect
Obama
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on vacation.
2009
During the December 31, 2009, episode, Kathy Griffin drew controversy after saying "fuck" live on the air.
During a segment where Cooper and Griffin were recounting pop culture events of the year, the subject of
the Balloon Boy was brought up. During an exchange, Griffin said "Wait … Falcon? Fuckin'? Falcon? How do you say it?"
Cooper quickly responded "You're terrible,"
and quickly switched to a new topic. Griffin then joked about having 'a
lesbian three-way
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with
Susan Boyle and
Oprah
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,'
and said she was engaged to
Levi Johnston
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.
She also asked Cooper "how do you not just stare in the mirror all day and
pleasure yourself because you're so gorgeous?"
In the days immediately following, it was reported that Griffin was fired from the position and would not be invited back.
Lance Bass
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joined the show as a correspondent at
Planet Hollywood
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in
Las Vegas
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. Don Lemon and Poppy Harlow served as street reporters, interviewing patrons in Times Square.
John Zarrella reported live from Key West,
and Gary Tuchman from Central Park.
2010
Despite rumors that Kathy Griffin had been banned from CNN,
she returned for her fourth year on December 31, 2010. The 90-minute program featured Cooper and Griffin hosted in Times Square, with
Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
Early life and educ ...
reporting live in
Nashville, John Zarrella in Key West and Gary Tuchman again participating in the "Midnight Run" in Central Park.
Isha Sesay
Isha Isatu Sesay (; ; born 6 January 1976) is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Originally based at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U ...
reported from the crowd in Times Square.
Among the random discussions were Griffin's visit with
Cher, and a live phone call from Cooper's mother
Gloria Vanderbilt.
Griffin maintained her typical antics, at one point kissing a crew member, and pretended to start undressing Cooper. However, she completed the broadcast without saying any swear words.
2011
On December 31, 2011, Cooper and Griffin hosted for the fifth year. CNN correspondents included:
Isha Sesay
Isha Isatu Sesay (; ; born 6 January 1976) is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Originally based at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U ...
(street reports), Gary Tuchman and his 14-year-old daughter (Central Park run),
John Zarrella
John Zarrella is an American news correspondent. He worked for CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Re ...
(Key West),
Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
Early life and educ ...
and Marty Savidge (Nashville).
Anderson Cooper took part in a pre-recorded skit involving the ''
Spider-Man''
Broadway
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* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
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show. Immediately thereafter, Griffin ridiculed it as being lame and unfunny.
The program featured phone calls from
Kelly Ripa
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As an actress, Ripa's best known roles ...
and
David Gergen
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. Kathy Griffin's antics reached a point at 11:48 p.m. where she took her coat and shirt off and appeared on-air wearing only a
bra
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.
During the telecast, Cooper joked with her with a sign from the crew stating "No Nudity" and "No Swearing," based on her previous appearances. Griffin also said to Anderson "I'm
oing towatch your ''
balls'' drop," a
double entendre
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of the popular phrase "watch the
ball drop."
She poked fun at
ChristianMingle.com (an
online dating service
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),
kissed Cooper on the lips (which apparently left him uncomfortable),
and claimed that
Mayor
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Michael Bloomberg "fondled"
Lady Gaga
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on the ball drop podium after they kissed.
2012
On December 31, 2012, Cooper and Griffin returned for their sixth year together. The program aired from 10:00 PM EST to 1:00 AM. Correspondents joining the broadcast included
Isha Sesay
Isha Isatu Sesay (; ; born 6 January 1976) is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Originally based at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U ...
(Times Square),
John Zarrella
John Zarrella is an American news correspondent. He worked for CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Re ...
(
Key West),
Gary Tuchman
Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.
Biography
His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five ye ...
(
Eastport, Maine
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),
Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
Early life and educ ...
(
) and
Susan Hendricks (
Nashville). Griffin's usual antics continued as at one point she dropped to her knees near Cooper's crotch, and also asked him "do you have a sac?" Cooper replied, "I don't know what you're talking about, I have no sack of Christmas presents here."
The three-hour broadcast featured a live interview via satellite with
Honey Boo Boo, and a visit on the podium by
Psy
Park Jae-sang (, ; born December 31, 1977), known professionally as Psy (stylized in all caps as PSY) (; ; ), is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage per ...
and
MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He is known for hit songs such as " U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" ...
.
2013
For the 2013–2014 broadcast, Cooper and Griffin hosted their seventh consecutive year together. The program aired live from 9 p.m. through 12:30 a.m. EST. It was the first year the program began at 9 p.m. EST.
Anderson and Kathy were joined on set by guests: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Melissa Etheridge among others. This was John Zarella's final year with CNN, where he has featured the Drag Queen Drop in Key West, Florida for a number of years. The cast looked back at Zarella's remarkable career with the network. Tuchman reported from the Watermelon Drop in
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute. Founded in 1732 by French fur ...
.
Cooper and Griffin carried the show for three and a half hours, then similar to years past, tossed to Brooke Baldwin in New Orleans at 12:30 a.m. for a 35-minute coverage of the New Year in the Central Time Zone. Baldwin along with Susan Hendricks shared a live music performance with Hank Williams Jr.
In 2013, the hashtag associated with the program #CNNNYE trended on Twitter from 9 p.m. EST through midnight.
2014
Cooper and Griffin co-hosted New Year's Eve live on December 31, 2014, live from New York's Times Square. The program aired from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. eastern, the longest running time ever for the duo.
Don Lemon
Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist most well known for being a host on CNN. Lemon anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. He ...
and
Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
Early life and educ ...
hosted from 12:30–1:05 a.m. eastern, ringing in the Central Time Zone's New Year from New Orleans. Griffin's antics were tame compared to previous years, as her only trick of the night was to put red and blue dye in Cooper's gray hair.
Richard Quest was scheduled to report live from the
Quantum of the Seas cruise ship off the coast of The Bahamas; although he was called back to New York to cover the
AirAsia Flight 8501 crash. Quest instead reported from street level in Times Square. In his place on the cruise ship was CNN correspondent
Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye (born November 19, 1967) is an American television news journalist for CNN. She is based in New York and is currently serving as an investigative reporter for ''Anderson Cooper 360°''.
Early life and career
Kaye is the daughter of J ...
.
Gary Tuchman
Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.
Biography
His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five ye ...
was scheduled to report live from the 'Crab Drop' in
Easton, Maryland, but he was sent to Indonesia on assignment for the AirAsia crash. His daughter, Lindsay Tuchman, a reporter for CNN affiliate
WBOC (located in Salisbury, Maryland which is near Easton) reported in his place.
Michaela Pereira
Michaela Pereira (born August 26, 1970) is a Canadian television personality best known as being a former anchor for KTLA in Los Angeles and for the KTTV FOX11 Los Angeles morning show, ''Good Day LA''.
She announced on March 28, 2013, that she ...
joined Quest as reporter on the street in Times Square. This was the first time in four years that Isha Sesay did not partake in the coverage. Patrick Oppman reported from
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. , and
Pamela Brown reported from Memphis. Though no reporters were present, footage was shown from Key West.
2015
Cooper and Griffin were back for their ninth year on December 31, 2015. The duo hosted an extra hour, beginning at 8 p.m. eastern time, starting the broadcast from their "NYE
war room", a hotel suite at the
New York Marriott Marquis.
Poppy Harlow
Poppy Harlow (born Katharine Julia Harlow; May 2, 1982) is an American journalist, best known for her reporting at CNN and Forbes.com. She is an anchor of CNN This Morning and is based at CNN's New York news bureau. She was previously co-anchor o ...
contributed from Times Square, instead of Rio de Janeiro, following her on-air faint scare.
Richard Quest
Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.
He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-we ...
assumed her position in Brazil.
Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye (born November 19, 1967) is an American television news journalist for CNN. She is based in New York and is currently serving as an investigative reporter for ''Anderson Cooper 360°''.
Early life and career
Kaye is the daughter of J ...
reported from Memphis, where cameras caught the celebration as the city's "Guitar Drop" was briefly stalled due to a guest placing their hand through the track for the 10 foot guitar to be lowered.
Gary Tuchman
Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.
Biography
His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five ye ...
and his daughter Lindsay Tuchman reported from
Hershey, Pennsylvania
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The community is lo ...
from the "Hershey's Kiss Raise."
Don Lemon
Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist most well known for being a host on CNN. Lemon anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. He ...
and
Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
Early life and educ ...
shared festivities from
.
At 8:47 p.m., as Cooper and Griffin were walking down to street level in Times Square, Griffin removed her coat and for part of the evening, appeared on-screen wearing only a bra. Don Lemon subsequently commented "I have to say: nice rack." Guests on stage included
Jessie J ("
Bang Bang") and
Gus Kenworthy
Augustus Richard "Gus" Kenworthy (born October 1, 1991) is a British-American former freestyle skier, actor, and YouTuber. He competed in slopestyle, halfpipe and big air. Kenworthy won the silver medal in Men's slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Oly ...
. In addition,
Dana Bash
Dana Ruth Bash (born June 15, 1971; née Schwartz) is an American journalist, news anchor, and chief political correspondent for CNN.
Early life and education
Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in Manhattan, New York City, into a family of Je ...
appeared with Griffin in a pre-recorded skit. The night was filled with memories from the year, clips from their previous New Year's Eve broadcasts, and a video of Griffin doing the
Ice Bucket Challenge
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nude. Griffin spray tanned Anderson's face.
2016
Cooper and Griffin returned for their tenth year on December 31, 2016. The program aired from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Eastern time. Reporters included
Richard Quest
Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.
He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-we ...
(Times Square);
Don Lemon
Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist most well known for being a host on CNN. Lemon anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. He ...
and
Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
Early life and educ ...
(New Orleans);
Nischelle Turner
Nischelle Renee Turner is the co-host of ''Entertainment Tonight'' (2014–present) and '' Secret Celebrity Renovation'' (2021–present). Previously she was former entertainment correspondent for HLN's ''Showbiz Tonight'' and CNN and an enterta ...
(Nashville);
Gary Tuchman
Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.
Biography
His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five ye ...
and Lindsay Tuchman (Miami);
Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye (born November 19, 1967) is an American television news journalist for CNN. She is based in New York and is currently serving as an investigative reporter for ''Anderson Cooper 360°''.
Early life and career
Kaye is the daughter of J ...
(cruise ship) and
Lynn Smith
Lynn Marie Smith is a media consultant and former news anchor. She previously worked with HLN having anchored '' Weekend Express''. She was later named the host of ''On The Story'' in March 2019.
Early life
Smith graduated from Miami University ...
(Dallas). Lemon and Baldwin took over as hosts at 12:30 a.m. to cover the central time zone countdown.
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...
performed.
Cooper and Griffin received well-wishes from numerous celebrities, including
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femme fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various ...
,
Dave Grohl,
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, wi ...
,
, and
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor.
Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic m ...
.
Megan Mullally and
Nick Offerman sent a video clip in which both appeared to be naked, inviting the duo to "join us in our bed...for some sex."
Griffin wrapped Cooper in
aluminium foil
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to celebrate their tenth anniversary together (tin/aluminum foil is the
"traditional" 10th anniversary gift).
With Griffin's typical antics muted, the critical attention for the night focused on
Don Lemon
Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist most well known for being a host on CNN. Lemon anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. He ...
, who during his on-air segments was drunk, and at one point during the evening, had one of his ears pieced on live television.
CNN International
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's simulcast of the event was significantly cut back to give way to breaking news coverage of the
Istanbul nightclub shooting
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, with Cyril Vanier anchoring from the
CNN Center
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in Atlanta. CNNI joined ''New Year's Eve Live'' at 11:00 PM ET.
2017
In May 2017, Griffin was fired from the program and CNN after she had released a controversial publicity photo which depicted her with a decapitated head of U.S. president
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
.
In October 2017,
Andy Cohen
Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer.
Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...
, who had previously co-hosted
NBC
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's ''
New Year's Eve with Carson Daly
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New or NEW may refer to:
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* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
'' for 2016,
and has collaborated with Cooper on a storytelling tour, was named as Cooper's co-host for the 2018 celebration.
The broadcast featured a series of field segments by
Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye (born November 19, 1967) is an American television news journalist for CNN. She is based in New York and is currently serving as an investigative reporter for ''Anderson Cooper 360°''.
Early life and career
Kaye is the daughter of J ...
on a New Year's Eve "
pot bus" tour in
Denver
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,
Colorado
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. The tour included stops at a
grow house
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The house ...
and a "paint and puff" party, while Kaye was seen helping light a reveler's gas mask
bong
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...
after briefly explaining the item, and passing a
joint
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along to other revelers at the aforementioned painting party. Cooper discussed the segments in an appearance on ''
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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'' afterward, acknowledging that "the whole thing surprised me as much as anybody else", but pointed out that the activities seen were
legal in Colorado, and that Kaye did not actually smoke any cannabis (although
Colbert suggested that she may have had
second hand
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Risks
Furniture, in particular bedding or upholstere ...
exposure, and jokingly asked Cooper if he got a "
contact high
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from Randi Kaye").
2018
Andy Cohen
Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer.
Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...
returned for a second year to host with
Anderson Cooper. Guests included
Patti LaBelle,
Gwen Stefani,
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...
,
Dave Chappelle,
Dead & Company
Dead & Company is an American rock band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar and vocals), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar and vocals), Oteil Burbridge (bass, percussion, and ...
, and
Jack Black. During the show, the Times Square Alliance (the
business improvement district for the area) asked Cohen to take down his umbrella so that it wouldn't obstruct the shots of other media outlets sharing the riser space.
Cohen complained on-air that they had been targeted, pointed out other outlets were able to keep their umbrellas up, and stated that the Alliance threatened to pull CNN's credentials for the following year. The Times Square Alliance denied making any threats or singling out CNN's broadcast. They explained that the other outlets Cohen pointed out had their own spaces that were not shared, and did not need to account for anyone else's sightlines.
2019
Cohen and Cooper once again hosted from Times Square, with Randi Kaye reporting from
Key West, and Baldwin and Lemon reporting from Nashville.
Cheri Oteri
Cheryl Ann Oteri () is an American actress and comedian. A nominee of a Primetime Emmy Award, Oteri is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2000.
Early life
The daughte ...
made a guest appearance, reprising her
Barbara Walters impersonation from ''
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock. ...
'', as a nod to one of Walters's introduction to the newsmagazine ''
20/20
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'' (the real Walters has not appeared in public since 2016.)
2020
Cohen and Cooper hosted from a sparsely populated, socially-distanced Times Square, with Baldwin and Lemon hosting for other time zones from Lemon's house (an "undisclosed location.")
Cheri Oteri
Cheryl Ann Oteri () is an American actress and comedian. A nominee of a Primetime Emmy Award, Oteri is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2000.
Early life
The daughte ...
reprised her guest appearance as "
Barbara Walters",
Bill Weir
William Francis Weir (born December 19, 1967) is an American television journalist based in Manhattan. Weir is a correspondent and anchor for CNN, and the creator and host of the global documentary serie"The Wonder List with Bill Weir."He is the ...
got a tattoo on the air,
Gary Tuchman
Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.
Biography
His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five ye ...
and
Lindsay Tuchman appeared from a ski slope,
Richard Quest
Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.
He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-we ...
reported from Times Square,
Randi Kaye
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Early life and career
Kaye is the daughter of J ...
reported from a Florida dog shelter, and
Ana Cabrera reported from a socially distanced dance party atop 30 Hudson Yards, where CNN maintains its New York studios. Guests and performers included Kylie Minogue, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, Gloria Gaynor,
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, wi ...
, Leslie Jordan,
Patti LaBelle, Jimmy Buffett, and Desus Nice, Desus & The Kid Mero, Mero. After midnight, Cohen criticized then mayor Bill de Blasio, telling him to "Do something with this city" after the network showed a shot of the mayor dancing with his wife.
2021
Crowds returned to Times Square, as did Cohen and Cooper. Lemon was joined in New Orelans at a parade with Alisyn Camerota (Baldwin had departed the network earlier that year), and comedian Dulcé Sloan.
Other correspondents included Stephanie Elam in Las Vegas, Randi Kaye in Key West, Richard Quest performing the CityClimb atop 30 Hudson Yards, Chloe Melas from Times Square, Donie O'Sullivan (journalist), Donie O’Sullivan at Hudson Hound, an Irish bar in the West Village, and Gary and Lindsay Tuchman in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the city's 500th anniversary. Cheri Oteri reprised her role as Barbara Walters. Other guests included
Patti LaBelle, Amanda Gorman, Katy Perry, William Shatner, Leslie Jordan, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Shortly after midnight, Cohen re-iterated his disdain for outgoing mayor Bill de Blasio, and celebrated the inauguration of Eric Adams. Cohen had also criticized Ryan Seacrest, host of New Year's Rockin' Eve, for which he later apologized.
During central time coverage, Lemon responded to attacks he faces, saying in part "You can kiss my behind, I do not care. I don’t care.
Sloan also attracted attention for stating that there will be "no more broke dick," referring to a man without money.
2022
During an internal town hall in November 2022, the new head of CNN, Chris Licht announced that Cooper and Cohen are planned to host once again. He also stated that on-air personnel would no longer be allowed to drink during the program,
but Cooper and Cohen were to be exempt from this new edict. In response to this, Cohen promised to "party harder than ever before."
For this year's edition,
CNN International
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's own non-stop coverage of the global celebrations were formally integrated for the first time under the ''New Year's Eve Live'' banner from 8:00 AM Eastern (9:00 PM Hong Kong/Manila) as a lead in to the simulcast of Cooper and Cohen from Times Square. Kristie Lu Stout and Isa Soares anchored from Hong Kong and London respectively
Ratings
The episode from December 31, 2008, rated as the top New Year's Eve program on cable.
However, for 2009–2011, the program fell to second behind Fox News Channel's "All American New Years." In 2011, CNN slightly edged FNC in the key demographics. In 2013, the show saw a 40% drop in its audience.
In 2015, the program was the #1 cable news program in total viewers in the half-hour leading up to midnight.
CNN Draws Most Cable News Viewers on New Year’s Eve
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