New Year's Eve Live (CNN Program)
''New Year's Eve Live'' is an annual New Year's Eve television special broadcast by CNN and CNN International. It primarily focuses on coverage of the ball drop festivities held in Times Square in New York City 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 was Cooper's co-host, providing bawdy comic relief; Griffin was dismissed from the program and CNN in May 2017. Griffin was replaced by Andy Cohen 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, Michael Bloomberg. In 2002, Anderson Cooper took ove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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