I've enjoyed NBC's New Years Eve specials in the past but the 2021edition was dreadful because of the edition of Amber Ruffin. Carson Daly and Twitch from the "Ellen Degeneres Show" were great but Ruffin was just plain annoying. It felt like I was watching a preteen bouncing around on set who felt that she was being cool. It also felt like she was trying to upstage Daly and Twitch. I understand that NBCUniversal has given her a talk show on their streaming platform Peacock, and that they want to promote her but still she wasn't the right fit for the show. She would have been great on a Nickelodeon show for kids.
I hope that next year NBC does not include her as a co-host on the special or else I'll be forced to watch one of their competitors.