Bryant Gumbel to broadcast from Sydney on New Years EveWednesday 10 November 1999
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.
The American TV networks are spreading their stars around the globe to celebrate the dawn of a new millennium.
Bryant Gumbel's 'The Early Show' on CBS will originate from Sydney on December 31, coinciding with midnight there. CBS will also report from Taveuni, an island in Fiji where one side of the island celebrates the new year 24 hours before the other.
Over at ABC America, the network is spending more than $5 million, according to the AP, on a 24-hour, telethon-like broadcast to be anchored by Peter Jennings from Times Square.
ABC will dispatch its reporting team all over the globe, with Diane Sawyer in New Zealand, Barbara Walters in Paris and Charles Gibson in London. The news dominance has reportedly miffed Dick Clark, whose role in the annual New Year’s bash—as host of the 'New Year’s Rockin’ Eve' music show—was reduced.
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