Anderson Cooper, Kathy Griffin to Again Host CNN's New Year's Eve Coverage

Pair to anchor from Times Square for sixth consecutive year

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/27/2012 10:53:07 AM

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin are returning to co-host CNN's New Year's Eve countdown program.

The duo will be live from New York's Times Square on Dec. 31 from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET. It is the sixth consecutive year the pair will co-host the program.

CNN correspondents will provide reports from celebrations across the country throughout the night: Isha Sesay in Times Square; John Zarella in Kew West, Florida; and Gary Tuchman in Eastport, Maine.

At 12:30 a.m. ET, CNN's Brooke Baldwin in New Orleans and Susan Hendricks in Nashville will take over anchoring for the countdown to midnight in the central time zone.