NCS’s Fourth of July programming drew consideration on-line Thursday evening as Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen introduced their New Year’s Eve-style chemistry to a patriotic countdown marking America’s 250th birthday.
The longtime NCS personalities co-hosted “Independence Eve Live with Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250,” a prime-time particular constructed round a midnight ball drop in Times Square as July 3 became July 4.
The broadcast gave Cooper and Cohen a brand new setting for a format viewers know properly: reside tv, movie star friends, correspondents and the unpredictable vitality that has made their New Year’s Eve protection a daily social media matter.
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Some viewers appeared to embrace the experiment, with one X consumer writing, “If you’re not watching Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen right now you are missing out on incredible media chaos.”
Another viewer famous the bizarre competitors between cable networks throughout the Independence Day lead-up, writing, “@FoxNews @seanhannity I just saw NCS holding its competing 250 year celebration with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen opposite FOX NEWS’ Mt Rushmore and Pres Trump’s 250 year celebration. HOW…”
Not everybody was satisfied the particular had the endurance of NCS’s New Year’s Eve protection. Madison, posting from the account @levineps, wrote, “The Independence Day 250 thing NCS is doing with Anderson/Andy doesn’t quite have the same buzz to it as NYE. This was always likely going to be a one off, but can’t imagine they try this in other spots.”
Not everybody was satisfied the particular had the endurance of NCS’s New Year’s Eve protection -Credit:Getty
NCS scheduled the particular from 8 p.m. ET to 12:30 a.m. ET, airing it on the cable community and making it obtainable to TV and streaming subscribers by NCS.com and the NCS cellular app.
The broadcast was centered on the symbolic countdown to the nation’s 250th Independence Day, with Cooper and Cohen anchoring from New York whereas NCS correspondents checked in from celebrations across the nation.
The community mentioned this system would come with particular friends, cultural figures and on a regular basis Americans whose tales tied into the nation’s historical past and range.
NCS’s Independence Day protection was set to proceed Friday with “The Fourth in America: Celebrating 250,” a daylong broadcast starting at midday ET.
The particular was anticipated to characteristic reside reviews from Boston, New York, Washington and different cities.
The July 4 programming additionally included the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular and fireworks shows from greater than a dozen cities. Musical friends introduced for the protection included Charlie Puth, Josh Groban, Kane Brown, Goo Goo Dolls, Maren Morris, Lil Wayne, AJR, Kool & The Gang and Chaka Khan.
For NCS, the Independence Eve broadcast marked an try to increase the Cooper-Cohen pairing past its acquainted New Year’s Eve residence.
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