"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest" on ABC continued to rule as the most-watched New Year's Eve countdown special. "Clark" averaged an 8.5 metered-market household rating during its telecast from 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m.
Yet this is the third consecutive year Clark's rating has declined in the overnights. "Rockin' Eve" pulled a 9.5 preliminary number in 2005, a 9.1 in 2006 and an 8.8 in 2007.
Primary competitor "New Year's Eve With Carson Daly" on NBC earned a 5.0 rating during its 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. telecast. By a slim margin, this is Daly's highest metered-market average in the show's five telecasts to date. Daly's program has held steady the past few years, then ticked up a tenth this round.
It would be premature to conclude that Clark's show has lost viewers this year compared to Daly's, however. These are local-market averages for a live event, and the numbers will...
Yet this is the third consecutive year Clark's rating has declined in the overnights. "Rockin' Eve" pulled a 9.5 preliminary number in 2005, a 9.1 in 2006 and an 8.8 in 2007.
Primary competitor "New Year's Eve With Carson Daly" on NBC earned a 5.0 rating during its 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. telecast. By a slim margin, this is Daly's highest metered-market average in the show's five telecasts to date. Daly's program has held steady the past few years, then ticked up a tenth this round.
It would be premature to conclude that Clark's show has lost viewers this year compared to Daly's, however. These are local-market averages for a live event, and the numbers will...
- 1/1/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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