The annual special was up 30% in primetime on ABC with an average of about 8.4 million people tuning in from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the latenight edition posted a whopping 18 million viewers, soaring to 22.2 million by the time the ball dropped in Times Square. As expected, the audience grew as the night went on. By 10:30 p.m., about 10.4 million people were watching, while the first two hours of the show averaged around 7 million. Things fell off after midnight, with the second half of the latenight show only drawing 5.1 million.
Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve from New York City’s Times Square on Dec. 31, alongside his host Rita Ora. There will once again be satellite locations in Los Angeles — hosted by Jeannie Mai — and a Spanish language countdown with host Dayanara Torres live from San Juan’s Puerto Rico Convention Center.
ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve knocked its countdown telecast competition out of the water once again, but the pre-2023 event dropped significantly in both ratings and total viewers compared to the year-ago special. On Dec. 31, the Ryan Seacrest-hosted event averaged a 4.1 rating among adults 18-49 and 13.7 million total viewers from 11:30 p.m.-12:36 a.m., according to Nielsen’s timezone-adjusted Live + Same Day data.
Actress Liza Koshy and country artist Jessie James Decker are co-hosts. The show begins at 8 p.m. ET and ends at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
Actress Lucy Hale joins Ryan Seacrest in Times Square to co-host Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 on ABC Dec. 31. Hale starred in Pretty Little Liars on Freeform and stars in Katy Keene on The CW, which debuts Feb. 6.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years ago, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve special was created to give young people an alternative to a seasonal institution, bandleader Guy Lombardo. Now Clark’s […]
