The Best New Year And New Year's Eve Episodes In Sitcoms
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1The One With The Routine (a.k.a. The One With The Rockin' New Year)
Ross and Monica vie for the camera to get on television during a taped segment of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve during "The One with the Routine." They break out a choreographed dance - circa their junior high years - and end up on the bloopers reel.
Elsewhere, Phoebe, Rachel, and Chandler hunt for their Christmas presents from Monica in the Friends season six episode.
- Original Airing: Dec 16, 1999
- Season: Friends - Season 6
- Episode Number: 10
- Series: Friends
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- Warner Bros. Television
2The Justice League Recombination
The guys convince Penny and Zack to join them in dressing up as members of the Justice League to win a New Year's Eve contest at the comic book store in the 2010 Big Bang Theory episode "The Justice League Recombination." Despite their strong appearance, the group is less than confident when dealing with real world crimes.
- Original Airing: Dec 16, 2010
- Season: The Big Bang Theory - Season 4
- Episode Number: 11
- Series: The Big Bang Theory
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- 20th Television
3Space Pilot 3000
Futurama set its very first episode "Space Pilot 3000" on New Year's Eve 1999 and 2999. The show finds Fry getting cryogenically frozen and awoken one thousand years in the future. He goes on to ring in the year 3000 with his new friends Bender, Leela, and Professor Farnsworth.
- Original Airing: Mar 28, 1999
- Season: Futurama - Season 1
- Episode Number: 1
- Series: Futurama
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4That '70s Finale
The 200th and final episode of That '70s Show finds Eric, Donna, and all their friends ringing in 1980. The guys sit down for one final circle before enjoying New Year's eve upstairs at Eric's.
- Original Airing: May 18, 2006
- Season: That '70s Show - Season 8
- Episode Number: 200
- Series: That '70s Show
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- Paramount Network Television
5RDWRER
After Frasier and Niles' New Year's Eve plans go up in flames, the brothers join Martin on a road trip to an alternative destination. Along the way, the Cranes enjoy the highs and lows of traveling by Winnebago in this episode entitled "RDWRER."
- Original Airing: Jan 06, 2000
- Season: Frasier - Season 7
- Episode Number: 12
- Series: Frasier
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6The One With All The Resolutions
As the title suggests, "The One with all the Resolutions" finds the some of the Friends promising to improve various aspects of their life in the new year. Joey learns guitar and Rachel stops gossiping. Chandler stops teasing his friends and Monica vows to take more pictures.
- Original Airing: Jan 07, 1999
- Season: Friends - Season 5
- Episode Number: 11
- Series: Friends
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