And in that spirit, we want to shine a light on some of the truly wonderful television moments Cohen and Cooper have provided over the last five New Year’s. And as a matter of fact, if the correspondents are not drinking this year, I will be partying even harder on their behalf.” He added, “My job is to take Anderson out of his comfort zone my job is to be a party ringleader for everyone watching us on New Year’s Eve.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Cohen said CNN’s NYE correspondents won’t be drinking, though he and Cooper will be “partying responsibly.” “I don’t know how that started as a tradition, but it’s probably a good idea, CNN.”ĭespite the grumbling from the corner office, and the undermining comments from a competitor, it appears that the CNN crew will not be deterred too much this year - or at least Cohen won’t be. “I don’t advocate drinking when one is on the air,” Seacrest said. At a recent town hall discussion, CNN’s own chairman and CEO, Chris Licht, harshed everyone’s mellow by claiming the extensive on-camera drinking during New Year’s Eve Live had negatively impacted the network’s “respectability.” Additionally, one of Cohen and Cooper’s big competitors, Ryan Seacrest - host of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC - poo-poo’d the antics of TV’s top partiers in a recent interview with EW.
But it’s that endearingly unhinged quality, the sense that Cooper, and especially Cohen, are always one sip away from doing something genuinely embarrassing, that makes for great entertainment.Īlas, not everyone seems to agree. The show is decisively more sauced and debauched than any other New Year’s Eve program out there, which isn’t to say it’s a total drunken mess. Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper have only been hosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live for five years, but they already feel like an institution - or at least a towering testament to the eternal beauty of tipsy live television.
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