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Poll: New Year's Eve Episodes

Let's celebrate the new year with these television episodes partly or entirely set on New Year's Eve. Which episode is your favorite?

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    New Year's Eve 1959 (1977)

    Laverne & Shirley (1976)

    It's New Year's Eve 1959 and 1960 is shortly due. In the final hours, Laverne's date cancels, Shirley's sick and Lenny and Squiggy have a special plan for midnight outside the apartment building.

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    A War for All Seasons (1980)

    M*A*S*H (1972)

    As the year 1950 comes to a close, the 4077th staff and surgeons hope 1951 is "a damn sight better" and hopefully they'll be going home.

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    Happy New Year (1990)

    Full House (1987)

    Joey feels lonely when he can't find a date for New Year's Eve.

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    Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean (1994)

    Mr. Bean (1990)

    Mr. Bean hosts a New Year's party with his friends Rupert and Hubert. The next day, Bean buys many tools and appliances to decorate and improve his apartment.

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    Chrysalis (1994)

    Babylon 5 (1993)

    Garibaldi investigates a death on the station which leads him to a terrible discovery.

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    The One with the Monkey (1994)

    Friends (1994)

    The gang make (and break) a pact not to bring dates to their New Year's Eve party. Phoebe starts dating a scientist. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a monkey.

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    Resolutions (1995)

    My So-Called Life (1994)

    It's a new year, and everybody's making resolutions. Rickie finds himself homeless once again, and Brian finds himself tutoring Jordan.

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    Train of Fools (1995)

    Boy Meets World (1993)

    With no mode of transportation to get to the party, the teens have no choice but to spend New Year's Eve in an abandoned subway car.

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    The Millennium (1997)

    Seinfeld (1989)

    Kramer and Newman compete during the early planning of each of their millenium parties.

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    Happy New Dick! (1998)

    3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

    Tommy organizes a New Year party at the bar where Harry works while Dick feels he hasn't accomplished anything the past year.

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    The One with All the Resolutions (1999)

    Friends (1994)

    The gang make their New Year's resolutions. Chandler struggles to not make jokes about everyone. Rachel uncovers a secret. Ross runs into trouble when he wears leather pants on a date.

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    Da Boom (1999)

    Family Guy (1999)

    Peter's paranoia about the end of the world makes the family cancel their New Year's Eve '99 plans, but for once, Peter is actually somewhat right.

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    Space Pilot 3000 (1999)

    Futurama (1999)

    A down-on-his-luck pizza delivery guy is accidentally frozen on New Year's Eve 1999, and wakes up in 2999.

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    Millennium (1999)

    The X-Files (1993)

    In this backdoor series finale to Millennium (1996), Mulder and Scully ask Frank Black to help them prevent a zombie apocalypse orchestrated by the rogue members of the now disbanded Millennium Group on the very eve of the new millennium.

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    Treehouse of Horror X (1999)

    The Simpsons (1989)

    The third segment of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror X" finds the residents of Springfield fleeing for space in the wake of a Y2K crisis. Dick Clark makes a cameo appearance hosting his New Year's Rockin' Eve.

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    Hillennium (1999)

    King of the Hill (1997)

    As Y2K approaches, everybody fears the approaching millennium, even Dale, who hoards food, Mountain Dew and hamsters in his basement. Only Hank is unaffected by the growing concerns...until there's a propane shortage.

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    Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus (1999)

    South Park (1997)

    Stan worries that he is maturing more slowly than his friends. Meanwhile, Jesus feels pressured to perform a miracle at the start of the new millennium.

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    RDWRER (2000)

    Frasier (1993)

    Frasier recalls his millennial New Year's Eve as he, Niles and Martin rumble down the back roads in Martin's bulky Winnebago bound for the wine club's festive get-together in Idaho.

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    Piece of Mind (2001)

    ER (1994)

    Mark Green is in New York on New Years Eve for cancer surgery. Meanwhile a father and son are involved in a car crash.

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    A Tale of Two Parties (2002)

    Roswell (1999)

    Everyone ends up spending New Year’s Eve with someone else’s significant other: Maria and Max go to a rave, Isabel watches a movie with Kyle, and Liz watches over a passed out Michael.

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    The Countdown (2003)

    The O.C. (2003)

    It's New Year's Eve. Ryan may have competition for Marissa's affections. Kirsten's sister stirs up trouble.

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    The Limo (2005)

    How I Met Your Mother (2005)

    It's New Year's Eve 2005 and Ted spends a large portion of his Christmas bonus for a limo for him and the gang. In addition, he has outlined a plan for how they will ring in the New Year.

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    That '70s Finale (2006)

    That '70s Show (1998)

    It is New Year's Eve and the last day of the '70s. Kitty is having second thoughts about selling the house and moving to Florida, even though Red thinks she is happy they are moving. Donna has just broken up with Randy and is moving to college. Jackie realizes she loves Fez.

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    Klaus and Greta (2010)

    30 Rock (2006)

    Jack and Kenneth try to erase an embarrassing drunk phone message he left on New Year's Eve, Jenna agrees to "date" James Franco for publicity, Liz's cousin comes to visit after she outs him, and Tracy thinks his wife's pregnant with a girl.

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    New Year's Eve (2010)

    Peep Show (2003)

    It's New Year's Eve. Mark wants to find Dobby and sort things out between them, Jeremy just wants to have a good time. However newly-single Zahra has invited Jeremy to move in with her.

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    The Justice League Recombination (2010)

    The Big Bang Theory (2007)

    The guys enter a New Year's Eve costume contest as members of the Justice League and convince Penny and Zack to join them.

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    The Good News (2010)

    Mad Men (2007)

    Don flies to Los Angeles to visit Anna before his New Year's vacation to Acapulco, but her bad news influences him to cancel his vacation and return to New York, where he discovers that Lane has problems of his own.

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    Ultimatum (2011)

    The Office (2005)

    Michael gets upset when Holly returns from the holidays without an engagement ring, but still together with her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Pam tries to help her co-workers keep with their New Year's resolutions.

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    The End of the Affair? (2012)

    Gossip Girl (2007)

    Blair has been mysteriously absent after she lost the baby, which lead Louis and Chuck to suspect her of having an affair. Eventually they find out that she spends a lot of time with Dan - but is it for the reasons they think?

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    New Year's Eve (2012)

    Louie (2010)

    Louie is alone after Christmas and has a traumatic New Year's Eve, so he decides to get away from it all--in China.

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    Legacy (2012)

    Revenge (2011)

    A look at Emily before she set out to go after the people she holds responsible for her father's death.

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    New Year's Eve (2013)

    Modern Family (2009)

    On New Year's Eve, Jay plays poker with Billy Dee Williams, Phil and Claire try to rekindle their romance, Mitchell and Cameron search for a bar where they fit in, and Haley and Alex stay home to babysit.


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