New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen: Season 2021, Episode 1

2021 - 1: New Year's Eve Live 2021

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen return to co-host CNN's New Year's Eve Live from New York City's Times Square. Back for their fifth year together, Cooper and Cohen will say goodbye to 2021 and ring in 2022 live from Times Square. At 12:30 am ET, they will hand over to CNN's Don Lemon and Alisyn Camerota and comedian Dulce Sloan, who will continue the celebration in New Orleans as the Central Time Zone rings in the New Year.

The program also features CNN correspondents at celebrations across the country, including CNN's Stephanie Elam from a Las Vegas dance party, Randi Kaye in Key West, Richard Quest from the top of a NYC skyscraper, Chloe Melas from Times Square, Gary Tuchman and his daughter Lindsay Tuchman in Puerto Rico, Coy Wire from Minneapolis, and Donie O'Sullivan live outside a NYC Irish Bar.

Global Pop Superstar Katy Perry will headline the program from her new Las Vegas Residency titled PLAY at Resorts World in Las Vegas, along with many other special guest stars throughout the night, including William Shatner, Patti LaBelle, Earth, Wind & Fire, Duran Duran, Amanda Gorman, Patti LuPone, David Arquette, Leslie Jordan, Cheri Oteri and many more.