# NYE countdown show that's not awful? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939 "2010-12-31T14:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/1 "2010-12-31T14:23:55Z")
All I want is a TV show that will actually have a live countdown to the ball drop and preferably one that does not have the withered husk of Dick Clark. Shouldn’t be too much to ask for… ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/2 "2010-12-31T14:42:49Z")
They’re all the same. Skip the tv and go find a real party. Just not in Times Sq. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/3 "2010-12-31T22:39:22Z")
I’m going to watch CNN’s New Year’s Eve show with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. CNN has vowed to pull Kathy off the air if she says “fuck” again this year. The suspense is killin’ me. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/4 "2011-01-01T04:57:26Z")
I didn’t tune into anything until just a few minutes ago… I thought Jenny McCarthy couldn’t possibly get any dumber. Also, I can’t understand Dick Clark at all this year. New Kids on the Block plus the Backstreet Boys sounds like a bad Robot Chicken sketch. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/5 "2011-01-01T21:41:21Z")
I refuse to watch anything Jenny McCarthy is involved with. I did watch part of Anderson and Kathy. Meh. He seemed really uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/6 "2011-01-01T21:43:24Z")
Anderson Cooper always seems really uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nye-countdown-show-thats-not-awful/565939/7 "2011-01-02T01:45:17Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I’m going to watch CNN’s New Year’s Eve show with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. CNN has vowed to pull Kathy off the air if she says “fuck” again this year. The suspense is killin’ me. I wonder if they put a clause in her contract to keep her from outing him. She’s pretty blatantly hinted at it in the past, without actually coming right out and saying it.