o'sullivan and r.k. russell and s.e. cupp and comedian helen hong. >> come on in. >> it is a grand reopening for all of the best, all of the worst 2021. i'm tom foreman, welcome and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with upheavaled and conflicts and difficulties and victories and hope and happiness. that is saying something given we are were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divide the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through. let's sort that out by starting with the biggest news. >> that sounds like gunshots. >> worse story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. >> the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. >> the january 6 insurrection was straight up crazy. >> the losing candidate then president trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they rigged an election. they rigged it like they've never rigged an election before. >> it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the people's house overtaken by american citizens. >> police were beaten, congress ran, people died and hundreds would be arrested. the best response, lawmakers came back within hours and certified joe biden's victory. >> the democracy has prevailed. >> the country was still reeling from covid with the worst new arrival on the the way, the delta variant and now omicron, too, with more than 800,000 fatalities in the u.s., the worst question is how many more? >> you know, i just had an experience with covid and it shook me to the bone because i wasn't sure. >> i want my child to go to school free and unmasked. >> the worst respond, all of the people who refused to wear a mask or get vaccinated. >> i love how anti-vaxxers are like my body is a precious temple. i'm not willing to inject my body with this suspicious vaccine but horse dewormer, i'll take that. >> i think you could say objectively that a large part of what happened with the spread of the delta variant is because of the unvaccinated. >> the best neighbors, the overwhelming majority of americans who by years end had received their shots. >> i am all for people making their own choices and making informed decisions. i just want them to bei informe of decisions from actual scientists and doctors and medical professions. >> reporter: health care workers and people in the service industry were rightly applauded for their tireless work. >> it is a sad way to become a hero. but i have immense, immense respect for them. >> reporter: the best unsung heroes, give it to all of the pets that kept us company through the hard months. >> i used to think that was a joke, tom. i foubnd out the hard way. i realize now why people have emotional support dogs. because if dogs are truly loyal to you. >> if we don't stand up it will only get worse. >> reporter: still tensions ran high as people tried to get back to normal. on airplanes, absurd fights broke out as some passengers raged at restrictions. >> if you're going to punch out a flight attendant, i feel like they have every right to open the emergency doors and toss you out. >> the pandemic economy was mixed. with soaring gas prices, inflation -- >> i have noticed in the store, think sometimes, i'm like this seems like a pretty expensive jar of tomato sauce. >> reporter: and some shortages spur the by the worst traffic jam, all of the ships parked off shore with goods from overseas. >> people are buying stuff and people want stuff. people haven't bought stuff for so long. they want it. they want stuff. and all of this pent up demand is what is creating this supply chain back-up. >> reporter: but the stock market hit new highs. of the jobs lost had been recovered, sure some folks don't want to go back to the office. >> i think people are afraid. i'm safer at home than i am going out anywhere. >> i think we're all still on edge, that is why i've been drinking so much whiskey. that is the reason. >> but for all of that. >> even after accounting to rising prices, the typical american family has more money in their pockets than they did last year. >> large destructive tornado on the ground. >> once again a variety of tragic events plagued the nation. from fires, storms and floods, to just random events of catastrophe at the most random times. >> what the [ bleep ] is that. >> to manmade horrors. tep people dead after a crowd surge at a concert in texas. >> this is the type of thing that never needed to happen. >> we had a squad in barricades up and he drove right through the barricades and the officers. >> reporter: and almost 100 people killed in that condo collapse in florida. >> one minute a building was there and the next it was gone. and you just didn't think of america as being a place where that would happen. >> reporter: beyond the united states, there was tension along the border with mexico. a coup shook myanmar and rare protests erupted in cuba, violence broke out between ethiopia and russia rattled sabres over ukraine again and china tested what could be a game-changing hyper son. >> missile and denied they were testing at all. >> china is, without sounding like donald trump, we should be paying our attention to. >> also not getting as much attention as scientists say it should. >> another climate crisis is a very real thing and something that we all have a part in, in helping and reversing and addressing. >> you're out here doing drugs. >> drug addiction continues to take american lives at a staggering rate and gun violence took a terrible toll. mass shootings at schoolsond other locations filled headlines so did a death on a movie set whennal em baldwin was holding a gun that went off. >> you never pulled the trigger. >> no. >> and gun rights activists kept pushing hard against any new restrictions. >> when you don't do anything to fix a problem, you are making a mission that you're okay with the way things are. >> the americans want to do what they want to do and they don't care what nobody thinks or does or said. >> why were you trying to get to the place. >> because i didn't do anything wrong. >> the acquittal of a young man who shot three people, killing two during a protest in wisconsin, the conviction of three men charged with chasing down and killing ahmaud arbery while he was jogging in georgia. >> just behind us you're hearing people say we got justice. >> find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: and the conviction of the former cop who killed george floyd. >> i don't think we got justice in the conviction of derek chauvin but we got accountability. >> reporter: all that along with the tax on asian-americans, fed concern about the worse social trend, rising racial intolerance and violence. >> i'm spend hundreds of dollars on buying pepper spray for my elderly parents. america, we should be embarrassed. >> that is a human problem. that is all of our problem. that is a 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>> my balls. >> for old west action? >> i don't enjoy it. >> the best sleeper was "the harder they fall". >> it was a movie about black cowboys in a positive lyft. >> worst movie to stay awake through, the beautiful but super long -- >> "dune". >> i want to see "dune". >> license to kill. >> worst good-bye to the guy many considered the best james bond. daniel craig ended his run at 007 with a whopping finale. >> no time to die has the longest run time of any bond movie in history. it was almost three hours long. so there was like plenty of time to die. maybe too much time to die. >> you are marvelous, rose. >> with a few notable exceptions such as power of the dog and belfast, it seemed a weak year for pure drama and for animation too. >> who is -- >> i saw that. it is not for me. >> let's go. >> hollywood's worst problem coast to coast was the way that the pandemic made it so hard to pack theater seats once again. >> i'm naked. >> coy see it. >> i went back to the movies for first time to see the new end movie and i enjoyed the popcorn more than the movie. >> and still plenty of new movies connected with audiences. >> they could smell fear. >> reporter: best unexpected find. >> i thought jungle cruise was amazing. >> best reboot, dogs and all. >> emma stone was fantastic in cruella. i was rooting for cruella. >> best way to get away from all it, free guy. >> i love everything about it. >> is this what recreational drugs feel like. >> he's a good dude and a hand some white boy. >> somebody in there. >> best ways to give yourself nightmares. >> i'm coming for you, michael. >> i love jamie lee curtis. >> it was an exceptionally good year for horror films. >> i think we were looking to be scared by something other than real life. >> candy man. >> candy man. >> candy man. >> thank goodness even when we couldn't make it out to our favorite cinema, the music business flooded our homes and headphones and earbuds with great tunes to pass the pandemic. ♪ >> with one song and one unforgettable tv concert, the best moment in music came down to one name. >> adele is back. like that is all we need to say for music. >> i think it's a a dells world and we're all just crying in it, right. >> her fourth studio album shot up the charts paving the way for her new residency performing in vegas. >> i'm struck by oh, my god what a voice she has. ♪ >> it was a very good year for music. new orleans own john battiste danced to the front of the grammy nominees while the best song of the summer could have gone to olivia rodrigo. ♪ ♪ >> or ed sheeran and his bad habits. >> i do like ed sheeran. >> but we'll give that honor to doja cat's kiss me more. ♪ >> she's amazing. her visuals are great. >> best bar sing along that sounds a lot like a jingle goes to walker hayes and kesha. ♪ >> best vint anl sound goes to silk sonic. the collaboration between bruno mars and his one-time opening act anderson pack. >> it was calm. it was beautiful. and i don't care what you were doing, when that song came on, you just get in a mellow mood. >> so i love sulk sonic and in the same vain as black pumas which had a great year. ♪ ♪ >> most unstoppable force, bts. the k-pop sound and the army of dedicated fans following their every move. >> the k-pop craze and phenom is beyond me. i was like, wait, what is happening? 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again, this time over the chaos that engulfed the capitol. >> republicans who blamed him blocked conviction but trump still refused to take part in the inauguration of the new president joe biden. >> i joseph robin biden -- >> the first thing that the aides would say is take me to your leader. well like at one of the leaders that we have. good god. >> we never forget 2020, just in case you have any questions. we're not forgetting 2020. >> but since then. >> i think the adherence po the big lie hasn't just lingered in some cases it is grown. >> despite ending his term with one of the lowest ratings, polls show republicans remain overwhelmingly on team trump. >> i think it is unfortunate new normality is that for millions, possibly tens of millions of americans, they don't really have faith in american democracy because they view the 2020 election as a sham. >> accusations and suspicions between right and left invaded school board meetings, drove deep wedges into congress and even divided families. >> you know, both sides believe the other is deranged and delusional and that is incredibly dangerous. >> we're not a third world country. and we're also not a dictatorship but this is something else and it is scary. >> of course sh the new administration including kamala harris, the first female u.s. vice president ever had other issues to tackle. there was the pandemic to manage, the economic fallout and democrats vowing to turn things around wihich was not so easy. >> yeah, the democrats are kind of blowing this moment. >> on this vote, the yays are 69 and the nays are 30, the bill is passed. >> a rift between progressives and centrists, nearly scuttled the infrastructure bill. >> sometimes simple decisions are made hard by the other baggage that you bring into a situation or what is going on. >> i was not extending a forever exit. >> and that came well after the worst stumble by the new white house. the exit from afghanistan, following 19 years of war. >> people agreed on getting out. by enlarge. but i think they wanted to get out well. >> joe biden is not dumb and one of the things that he promised coming in was that unlike trump he would listen to experts. and his generals. and he didn't. and i think we saw the results. >> worst numbers for the president in a political since. he's plunging approval in the polls amid what some see as mistakes, economic struggles and fierce attacks from republicans. many calling his presidency illegitimate. >> if you're seeing that on your social media feed every day, it eventually has a -- continues to wash over you. >> plenty of elected officials refused to call out the most outlandish conspiracy theories. >> it is one thing on facebook and it is another thing when those people are now elected officials. >> social media is a scary place. >> most unsocialable behavior that, goes to facebook for saying it would do more to control the flow of fake stories and hateful postings. company changed the name to meta but left many who wanted more unsatisfied. >> because we heard from the facebook whistleblower francis haugen and how the company knows a lot of the ugly stuff that can happen on its platform. >> facebook said the whistleblower's claims were misleading. >> it is freedom and speech and people don't want to be muted. but hate speech is not free speech. >> i swore off facebook and i was so proud of myself and then i learned that they also own instagram and i was like, damn it. >> the left/right wars played out over a rapidly changing battlefield as coast to coast republicans leaned orestricting to favor their party. the gop holds a majority in more states. >> that means all things being equal, they will regain control of the house just on redistricting alone. that is the power they have. >> the gop also pushed a slew of efforts to combat virtually nonexistent election fraud to sharply curb abortion rights and to resist masks and those who balked at riding the trump train. >> the party has completely flipped on things like protectionism and family values and lowering the debt and the deficit, all of the things that used to orient the republican party now don't matter at all because of one guy. >> if you are watching the supreme court closely to see how it might rule on some of the issues as democrats in congress try to force testimony from gop insiders about how the insurrection came to be. none of it is making biden's job easier. >> however, once your president, you're president. and as time passes, you've got to own the situations and the challenges that come up. >> and many analysts say the next challenge could well be a fresh attempt by donald trump to run again. to take back the presidency he lost. >> we will make america great again. >> when we come back, the worst kind of quarterback sneak. the best run into the open, and don't touch that remote. >> the welcome wagon has arrived. >> we'll scan through the best shows on television. i mean other than all of the 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"squid games". >> "squid game" was the proudest that i have been to be korean. and that is kind of messed up. >> the creepy survival series had a mixed reception. >> visually it was stunning. >> not for me. >> too dark. >> but the show was a hit anyway. >> it was that a lot of people die in "squid game". >> it wasn't the feel-good story i was expecting. >> the welcome wagon has arrived. >> on the other end of the spectrum, best series of the year, the wonderful, happy rollicking "ted lasso". >> it has done more for soccer in the u.s. than david beckham's butt. and that is saying a lot. >> i don't think somebody is nice as him would be tolerated in the world of english football. i'll just say that. ♪ >> best reboot of a long ago favorite, the wonder years, conservator and his crew were out a whole new family was in. >> it was 1968. the year i turned 12. >> i just love that concept. because what was so great about the wonder years when i grew up on was that it could have been any family and yet clearly it wasn't. >> i need you to protect me -- >> best new season about the worst kind of people. succession. >> i don't watch succession, i don't need that. >> other fan favorites. >> how does it feel to be the other woman? >> watch yourself. >> i'm a big queen sugar fan. like to hear the untold stories of the common man and then wow and you realize that we are so much more alike than we have different. >> we're going to go down there and look around for clues. >> i enjoyland old murders building. >> curb your enthusiasm came back to enthuse aftic reviews. "you" had a great run and so did sweet tooth and cobra kai and sex education and i may destroy you. >> so you're okay? >> i'm fine. >> i do think one of the trends on tv that i love is that being decent can be popular and being decent can be funny. i love that. i need it. >> reality tv continues to hold its own. >> i don't know if you know this about me, but i have a ph.d in bravo and it was quite a real for real housewives in many ways. >> best drama of a real life calamity, dope sick. >> i think we're starting to learn the impact and the effect of this drug and how it tore comm communities apart. >> the police department received a call reporting a dead body in the creek. >> the best show about people dealing with the worst news was mayor of east town. >> the characters were so compelling. >> worst idea that worked out any way? young rock. >> we're all so on sensed with the rock that we'll watch a fictionalized version of how he became "the rock". >> best idea that turned out even better. >> this is our home now. i want us to fit in. >> oh, my god. i have to talk about wanda vision. it gave you moments of old time sitcom film mixed with this marvel fantasy spin. oh, my god. it is amazing. >> and best pandemic project of them all. beau burnham's inventive "inside." ♪ >> that alone may have been enough to justify the best or worst trend depending on how you see it, the wild proliferation of streaming services, taking over the tv universe. >> right now i have hula, disney plus, netflix, amazon prime, paramount plus, peacock. hbo max, apple, i pretty much have all of them. >> but i think that is the wave of the future. we have to adapt to the future. >> hour future still holds plenty. stay with us and hang on tight for what is coming up. >> we'll be taking a trip far, far away, checking in on britney's great escape and what is this ship? it is all of the best, all of the worst. the billionaire space race tops our look at big moments in science, technology and culture with spacex, virgin galactic and blue origin all carrying private passengers up, up and back. it was the best of some. >> i cried every time and i had my 6-year-old watch with me to see just how amazing this is. >> for others -- >> i have no feelings on billionaires whatsoever. >> space is undeniably cool, but sometimes i wonder if we're making more of it than we should. >> welcome back to the world, jeff bezos. we missed you for the 90 seconds you were gone. >> a nasa rover landed on mars and another robotic probe prepared to ram an asteroid. take that, humans. back on earth the worst failure to launch was jeopardy's search to replace the late, great alex trebek. after a lot of guest hosts, the executive producer chose himself to host the syndicated version. then stepped aside in the uproar after offensive comments of his resfaursed. >> what is a dumpster fire for $300. >> also stepping aside from each other, kim-ye, although their celebrity divorce seems uncertain at this point. >> girl, what took you so long? good god. >> best escape from the worst situation, after 13 years, a court freed britney spears from the oversight of her father. >> i think the free britney movie which has ended well, at least in terms of ending the conservatorship was also important in making us reconsider how we treat our especially female celebrities. >> oprah takes the prize for best q&a for her sit-down with the former royals, prince harry and meghan, duchess of sussex. >> i'm really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side. >> i admire her for taking the reins and controlling his family and controlling his destiny. that black girl magic is real. >> worst hash tag, hot vax summer. >> a, i'm married and, b, i still don't want anyone to touch me or to be near me. so, no, no it was not hot vax summer for me. still stay the hell away from me. best way to stay away from others. the booming video game industry which was expected to generate between 175 and 180 billion in revenue this year. that's much more than movies or music. >> i think it was very much geared toward what we could do inside and at our homes that we normally maybe went outside for. >> video games was like the only way we could socialize. right? >> worst joke. dave chappelle's comments about trans people which sparked an outcry, even as some came to his defense after he agreed to meet his critics. >> people make mistakes. we're human. you will make a mistake. >> worst club meeting. the qanon crowd that gathered in texas expecting the return of john kennedy and john kennedy jr. >> a lot of this stuff does boil down to loneliness. and there is a really great warm feeling if you think that you understand something and you have insight into something that nobody else understands. >> most popular baby names -- olivia and liam. >> i'm sure olivia is after ol olivia. as far as liam, i guess liam neeson. people forget how bad "phantom menace" was. >> miriam webster's word of the year was vaccine. our number of the year is 332 million. that's about the u.s. population and it's growing with a death every 11 seconds, but a birth every 9 seconds. the worst eight, the eight hours an average american kid now spends in front of a screen each day. that's double what it was before the pandemic. and worst number for many americans trying to stay fit, 39. that's the percentage who gained weight amid all the covid limitations and irritations, too. >> angry, frustrated, stuck in the house. mad, disgruntled. can't find joy. it was a lot. and then all these crazy things coming out. >> the worst and best to combat all of that this year, tiktok. >> people have created entire new careers off of tiktok. and i am here for it. >> and the best, worst parking job of the whole year, that ship that got stuck in the suez canal backing up global trade. >> everybody jumped in with a suggestion. have you tried baby oil? how about prune juice. that stuff really gets things moving. >> look, the guy had one job. he had one job. >> our job here, like 2021, is about done. but stick around as we go over one last important item. our wishes for next year. with directv stream i can get live tv and on demand anywhere. look, serena williams... matrix... serena... matrix... serena... matrix... ♪ ♪ ♪ get your tv together with the best of live and on demand. introducing directv stream. hey, angie! you forgot your phone! hey lou! angie forget her phone again? yep. lou! mom said she could save up to $400 on her wireless bill by switching to xfinity internet and mobile. with nationwide 5g at no extra cost. and lou! on the most reliable network, lou! smart kid, bill. oh oh so true. and now, the moon christmas special. gotta go! take the savings challenge at xfinitymobile.com/mysavings or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes switching fast and easy this holiday season. as difficult as this year has been, so many of us have held onto hope that the pandemic will fade, our differences will ease, our future will brighten. so to close it out we've asked our guests their wishes for the coming year. >> my wish for next year is that it's nothing like the last two years. please! we can't take it anymore. >> i wish for 2022, maybe just people calm down. maybe calm down a little bit. >> my wish for america is to end racism. >> i wish for less politics. i don't think politics infusing everything is making us smarter, happier, healthier or better people. >> my wish for 2022 is an end to the exhaustion that we just wake up refreshed from the ridiculous chaos that we've now been through for basically two years. >> acceptance and understanding will make this america the gr greatest country that it has ever been. those are the two things. accept me and understand me because i accept and understand you. isn't that something? >> that is indeed at least something to strive for. thanks to all of our guests, and thanks to you for watching. for the entire team at "anderson cooper 360" and cnn worldwide, i'm tom foreman wishing you all the best and none of the worst in 2022. ♪ ♪ at the copacabana ♪ ♪ don't fall in love ♪ hi, anderson. hi, andy. it's barry manilow here in palm springs wishing you a happy new year. and i want my audience to say something to your audience. ready, guys? one, two, three -- >> happy new year!