KDOC First Night

Country: United States
Elsewhere: IMDb

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A New Year's Eve special hosted by Jamie Kennedy from outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It includes comedy sketches, interviews with celebrities, and live music by Macy Gray and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The broadcast suffered technical problems and ended with an impromptu fight on stage.

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What happens

First Night 2013 with Jamie Kennedy was a New Year's Eve television special in the United States that was hosted by comedian and television producer Jamie Kennedy. Broadcast live on December 31, 2012 from outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, the special included comedy sketches, interviews with celebrities and others in attendance, and live musical performances by Macy Gray and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The special was aired locally on the Orange County-based independent station KDOC-TV, and was also broadcast by the Sacramento MyNetworkTV affiliate KQCA. After its broadcast, First Night became infamous for its low quality, as exhibited in a montage of scenes from the special that became popular after being discovered by comedian Patton Oswalt. The special suffered from many technical problems (including microphone gaffes and communication issues), featured scenes described as being "surreal", the very New Year being counted in too late and spontaneously ended with an impromptu fight breaking out on stage over the credits. Based on the montage, several media outlets declared First Night to be the "worst New Year's Eve special ever". Kennedy defended the special in an interview with The New York Times, by claiming that First Night was an "anti-New Year's Eve show" that was intentionally unrehearsed and unpredictable. The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin would praise the special for meeting Kennedy's stated goal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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