Behind the Scenes: New Year's Eve extravaganza
Have a look behind the curtain as the team gets ready for CNN's fabulous New Year's Eve blow-out.
Tune in for Isha Sesay's behind-the-scenes webcast at 10 p.m. ET and then Anderson and Kathy's epic show from Times Square at 11 p.m. ET! Tweet your New Year's Eve messages using #CNNNYE and you could see it on-air. Also, submit your questions for Anderson and Kathy on our Facebook or Google+ pages.
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- With drizzling early in the day, producer Joneil Adriano carries his trusty new AC360 umbrella. Too bad he couldn't also bring his dog!
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- NYPD gathers en masse on the riser before night falls in Times Square, before revelers arrive.
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- Security is high at Times Square, with checkpoints even for the folks putting on the show.
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- A shot over the crowd before nightfall, from the vantage of field producer, Julian Cummings.
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- Isha Sesay prepares to host the CNN.com pre-show at 10p.m. ET
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- Isha Sesay and producer Anne Clifford stealing a rare glimpse of the ball before the big night. Don't drop it too soon!
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- Always the intrepid reporter, Isha Sesay explores backstage at Times Square.
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- Field producer Kim Segal, still searching for that other shoe.
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- Producer Anne Clifford can shoot behind-the-scenes videos and stay dry at the same time.
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- Just another of the job perks, working for CNN: getting to watch guitar legend Carlos Santana rehearse.
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- Digital producer and web-mistress Ella Chick with her young protege, Will Armsby
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- Getting the stage ready for up-to-the-minute reports from Nashville, as 2011 winds down.
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- CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman will be dressing the part tonight when he participates in the Emerald Nuts Midnight 5km run through Central Park.
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- CNN crew makes sure no wires get crossed in preparation for the show!
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- CNN crew ensures all cameras work properly before the revelry begins.
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- Inside the mothership: Control Room 71
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- Expert video editor, Sam An, cuts elements for the program
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- Associate producer Will Armsby goes dandy for the festivities.
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- Anderson and #CNNNYE executive producer, Sean Yates.
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- Isha Sesay waits patiently for her hit time
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- The level of concentration in here is very high
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- Oh, Kathy. You're so crazy.
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- Who saw that coming?!
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- Producer Joneil Adriano brings a bottle of bubbly to share with the crew. (After the broadcast, we hope!)
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- Happy New Year from AC360!
Tune in for Isha Sesay's behind-the-scenes webcast at 10 p.m. ET and then Anderson and Kathy's epic show from Times Square at 11 p.m. ET! Tweet your New Year's Eve messages using #CNNNYE and you could see it on-air. Also, submit your questions for Anderson and Kathy on our Facebook or Google+ pages.
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Filed under: 360° Radar • Anderson Cooper • Isha Sesay • Kathy Griffin • New Year's Eve 2012 |
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No one to ambush tonight so may as well have some fun–Ya gotta' love it !!!
Remember there are small children still up and excited about New Years when Kathy does her inappropriate things with Anderson – either clean up her act or take her off the show – Have we sunk that low.
AC is still recovering from seeing blac lace undergarments.
I can appreciate a limited amount of Kathys humor but she overwhelms Andersons Humor and conversation. I would like to see someonle elso next year. I know a lot of people tiune in for the side s how--but it does now show the class I expect from CNN. I really enoy comedy but not at this level!
Please do not have Kathy Griffin back next year. Anderson you are the best.......she adds nothing to your New Years Eve extravaganza! Had to change to another network! Sorry!
sorry i tuned in with my 6 year old daughter to watch the countdown...... not quite the woman i want her to grow up to be...... you don't have to strip down to bra and panties to get attention!!
I adore Anderson...funny, sexy, down-to-earth, and very very smart. But paired with KG brings down his credibility by association. I changed the channel to watching hosts who could keep their clothes on and still kept it fun and very entertaining.
Go Coop and Kat,
Great show tonight. Genious. Thanks for enlightening America and keeping it real. Happy New Year!
I LOVE ANDERSON COOPER WITH KATH GRIFFIN!!! That is some real humor and them together is excellent chemistry for America. He really is at his best and their dynamic is sooooo hilarious and we can't stop watching them. My wife and I would totally watch their weekly show if they would get together for the public once a week. We don't want to wait again until New Years to see their magic together. KATHY IS BRILLIANT and she is the only woman that can truly complement his disposition. Watching them now again and we are laughing.
Scott Wilson
Jazz Director at University of Florida
swilson@arts.ufl.edu
I want to know if they are dating? They look good as a couple....
Anderson Cooper and Kathy griffin - YOU ARE THE BEST NEW YEAR'S EVE EVER. You made me laugh and cry at the same time. You two are BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU BOTH SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! I love your show
Happy New Year All!! I hope and pray for the new year that my eyelids do not drop before the ball....as I get older I have a problem with that. I love you CNN, since 1980 something. God Bless you all.
I absolutely LOVE YOU AND KATHY TOGETHER......new year's would not be the same without you...you make me laugh out loud...and it scares the cats..... :-0)......have a really great show....