Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, Patti Labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. Jackson, plus more surprises. And now live from new york city, your hosts, Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. And welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. Anderson cooper here. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its almost like 50 degrees. Yes, it is. I was schmitzing. I got rid of my coat. We were all prepared for it to get colder. The crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. Very wet very wet. I would call them flaccid, the crowd. Okay. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of ti
tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
- you know what? that looks like fire! - comedy without black people would be like the nba without black players. (kevin screaming) - your biggest, biggest superstars in comedy have been black. (eddie yelling) - just genius and hilarious. - yeah, i said it. (audience cheering) - the chappelle show redefined sketch comedy. - i m rick james, bitch. (audience laughing) - in living color set up a platform for black comedians blowing up. - i don t think so. homie don t play that. (audience laughing) - arsenio hall was, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. it was groundbreaking. - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. - you had a black man willing to fight the power. - nice being out of jail. (audience laughing) - laughter is healing, laughter purifies the air. actually i don t like to talk about the races, because i m white. - and we, as black people, have been doing it forever. - i am, this is a freckle. (audience laughing) - all black comedians discuss race. - it s harder being gay than i
nick cannon. - we started this show together and now he s kind of successful. (audience laughing) - you gonna get your ass beat by a star today! - nick cannon has literally created a world out of his personality. he s quick. - it was like, how spontaneous can you be? - three words after getting shot. - i m still pregnant. (audience laughing) - we ve seen variety shows, but we never seen them like this. he really brought the hip-hop culture to variety. - anything you always wanted to say but never had the guts to say it, this is the show for that. - hey, yo, e! how you know the muffin man? he stole everything i had that s my cousin, man hey, yo, tim how you know the muffin man? he hit my chick, put a muffin in her oven, man - wild n out is the springboard to the higher levels of success because there have been people that have used that platform and that it s been monumental for. - shout out to nick cannon,
who was willing to stand up for his own autonomy, nick cannon. - we started this show together and now he s kind of successful. (audience laughing) - you gonna get your ass beat by a star today! - nick cannon has literally created a world out of his personality. he s quick. - it was like, how spontaneous can you be? - three words after getting shot. - i m still pregnant. (audience laughing) - we ve seen variety shows, but we never seen them like this. he really brought the hip-hop culture to variety. - anything you always wanted to say but never had the guts to say it, this is the show for that. - hey, yo, e! how you know the muffin man? he stole everything i had that s my cousin, man hey, yo, tim how you know the muffin man? he hit my chick, put a muffin in her oven, man - wild n out is the springboard to the higher levels of success because there have been people that have used that platform