MMJ in NYC at MSG on NYE on CNN! NFW!

[BH]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOFZL0bOGvE5nDcRB5eGLUbrYClQD95ARF306

NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John, the Jonas Brothers, Daughtry, Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne and Fall Out Boy all have something in common this New Year's Eve: they'll all be working — even if only through the magic of videotape.

There's some stiff competition among the networks for people who will be partying in front of their television sets Wednesday.

The granddaddy of New Year's Eve entertainment is "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2009," the title made even more torturous by the baton-passing between the two entertainment utility players. The show has a prime-time hour at 10 p.m. ET, breaks for news, then returns with Swift, the Jonas Brothers and Lionel Richie in Times Square. Fergie will host a Hollywood segment with the Pussycat Dolls and others.

Carson Daly is hosting his fifth New Year's Eve special on NBC, with the same format: an hour in prime-time, a break for news, and a longer party. T.I., Ludacris, Katy Perry, the Ting Tings and Elton John all join Daly.

Daughtry and Scott Weiland are featured players on Fox's late-night special, with Spike Feresten and Mark Thompson as hosts. It airs at 11 p.m. ET.

One recent trend is partying news networks: if you want to jam with Anderson Cooper or Bill Hemmer, you can. Cooper, teamed with comic Kathy Griffin, is in Times Square for CNN, which boasts a surprisingly cool lineup of Lil Wayne, My Morning Jacket and Hinder. Fox's "U Party 2009" has LoCash Cowboys and Chuck Hicks.

The hardest workers of the night? Try the classic rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd — they're booked on both CNN and the Fox broadcast network.

[Dillsnufus]

So mmj will be on CNN?

[kydiddle]

So they're on CNN and going to Perez Hilton's party. Will they actually be at MSG at any point during the night??  ;)

[Winterland]

I'm assuming it would be a video feed, no?

[malloy]

I guess it will be a video feed...

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6624813.html

Cooper, Griffin To Ring In CNN's New Year
Live Show from Times Square Will Run From 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
-- Multichannel News, 12/23/2008 11:25:00 AM

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin will co-host CNN's New Year's Eve celebration from Times Square in New York City on Wednesday, Dec. 31 from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET.

New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin will air in high-definition and simulcast on CNNI with CNN anchors and correspondents providing reports from celebrations across the country and around the world, network officials said.

Anderson Cooper 360 co-host Erica Hill will join Cooper in Times Square and CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman will report live from Central Park for the annual "Midnight Run." Correspondent Sean Callebs will report from New Orleans with John Zarella and Brooke Anderson chipping in coverage from Key West, Fla. and Las Vegas, respectively.

The program will feature musical performances by Li'l Wayne from Atlanta, Lynyrd Skynyrd from Pikeville, Ky., My Morning Jacket from N.Y., Coolio from Las Vegas, 3 Doors Down from Duluth, Ga., and Hinder from Dayton, Ohio.

Throughout the day and into the evening, CNN will solicit viewers to "Show Us Your Party" using iReport contributions from its global audience, by posting and broadcasting video, images and other submissions about celebrations around the world.

[AllyDee]

Is that a typo, or do they think MMJ is from New York?

[DirtyJerzee]

They mean they are broadcasting from NYC.

[evil horn]

hopefully the cameras for that performance will be capturing the whole show!