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Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen are back for another tequila-friendly New Year’s Eve in Times Square. To those home alone, celebrating with friends, family, viewers all around the world, the two hosts ring in the new year with a cheers to you. #cnn #news #happynewyear

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will return for the eighth consecutive year to host CNN's New Year's show, live from Times Square.

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper aren't just best friends, but also New Year's Eve Live co-hosts — and they have a lot to say about it.

CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” airs live today, Tuesday, Dec. 31 starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. If you cut ties with cable but want to ring in the new year with Cohen and Cooper, you can watch it for free on DirecTV Stream. You can also stream the special on Sling which offers half off your first month.

Or at least that’s what went down during Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen’s live New Year’s Eve special for CNN on Tuesday. Toward the tail end of the night, the duo — who have been covering New York City’s annual ball drop in Times Square for the past eight years and typically pass the time getting progressively drunker on air — were waiting for musician Diplo to arrive for a DJ set.

Cooper and Cohen both had the same favorite moment of the night—actor Ralph Fiennes’ bizarre monologue about the “demure” meme. “​​I just lost it; I thought it was s