Plot Synopsis

Hosted by Anderson Cooper, NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE is an annual special that originates from Times Square in New York City, with CNN correspondents reporting from across the United States.
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On Sunday, December 31, 2023 from 8pm-12:30am ET (live)/5-9:30pm PT (live), Anderson Cooper and seven-time co-host Andy Cohen ring in 2024 on NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE WITH ANDERSON COOPER AND ANDY COHEN. Cooper and Cohen are live from Times Square and are joined by CNN correspondents reporting from celebrations across the country: Richard Quest in Times Square; Stephanie Elam from Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas; Randi Kaye from Key West, Florida; Gary Tuchman and his daughter Lindsay from Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Boris Sanchez from Miami, Florida. The show will feature musical performances from Enrique Iglesias, Maroon 5, Jonas Brothers, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Rod Stewart. Live interviews with Patti Labelle, Jeremy Renner, Neil Patrick Harris, Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers and a special appearance from David Blaine will also help ring in the new year. In addition, the program features special performances and interviews and with some of the world's biggest names across music, sport and the arts, including Emmy Award-winning actress Amanda Seyfried; famed Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli and his daughter, Virginia; stars of the Broadway musical Gutenberg! The Musical! Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad; veteran Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor; stars of HBO's Gilded Age Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski; J-pop star Hikaru Utada; Taiwanese megastar Jay Chou; Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves; Malaysian stand-up comedian Nigel Ng; Paris in Love star Paris Hilton; South Korean director Park Chan-wook; acclaimed actor Sam Neill; Academy Award-winning director and journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy; NFL kicker Younghoe Koo; Formula One race car driver Zhou Guanyu; musical performances by the Royal Opera House Chorus and Songs for Ukraine Chorus and more.

At 12:30am ET/9:30pm PT, the duo hand over to Sara Sidner and Cari Champion, who will take over the celebration to count down as the Central Time Zone rings in the New Year from Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas.