At least Cohen and Cooper intentionally shut up for the five minutes before and after midnight.
They let “Imagine” play uninterrupted (although it should always be the original) while Seacrest yammered on about something then went to commercial. -Stan On Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 11:20:59 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: > Like Kevin we celebrate New Years in East Coast time ( we have 2 children > in NYC, and we are old). Like Dave we tuned into CNN to watch the ball > drop, and were appalled at the Andy and Anderson show. Wish I had thought > to mute it. > > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 at 7:25 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm baffled that anyone would watch Cohen and Cooper with the sound on >> unless they were being held at gunpoint. The former strikes me as just a >> dick without any social skills and the latter seems like a clueless sap. I >> tuned in to watch the ball drop, but had to mute within ten seconds. >> >> It's no wonder that CNN's ratings are cratering if this its idea of good >> programming. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 10:28:57 AM UTC-8 Kevin M. wrote: >> >>> Last night I watched the NBC News Channel’s coverage of fireworks from >>> around the world. I did so because I have reached the age where staying >>> awake until midnight is no longer a goal but a failing, but I wanted to >>> ring in the new year. Unfortunately, nobody told AI to be on the lookout >>> for foreign languages during the broadcast, which resulted an >>> unintentionally comedic broadcast. I refuse to believe in the future >>> predicted by “The Terminator” if AI can’t even decipher an Edith Piaf song. >>> >>> Credit to Dubai for having the best display of the evening: >>> >>> https://youtu.be/voN84ELUOT8?si=Qtz3dXdi0_BeIQ0b >>> >>> I did manage to stay awake to watch the west coast feed of CNN’s >>> coverage of the Times Square ball drop. Never again. Ten minutes of >>> Anderson Cooper cackling was almost unbearable. >>> >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6b32c7ea-3436-4269-a20b-9f2655da9415n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6b32c7ea-3436-4269-a20b-9f2655da9415n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4d0fa98c-7687-47bf-9333-df640a386c90n%40googlegroups.com.
