ROCKIN’ EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST SEES 21M VIEWERS
ABC’s ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest – Part 1’
Tops NBC and Fox Combined in Late-Night With Viewers and Adults 18-49
Art 1 of ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ Attracts 21 Million Viewers at Midnight Despite a Post 1 a.m. Start, Part 2 of ABC’s NYE Late-Night Special Draws 5.7 Million Viewers
Airing from 11:30 p.m.–12:33 a.m., the first late-night segment of ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” attracted 17.8 million Total Viewers and averaged a 5.2 rating among Adults 18–49. ABC’s annual New Year’s Eve special drew in 21.0 million viewers and scored a 6.1 Adult 18-49 rating at midnight.
ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve – Part 1” ranked as the No. 1 entertainment program in late-night on New Year’s Eve, dominating the combined deliveries of its broadcast competitors by 4.4 million Total Viewers (17.8 million vs. 13.4 million for NBC’s “New Year’s Eve – Late” and Fox’s “Steve Harvey Live from Times Square”) and by 33% with Adults 18-49 (5.2 rating vs. 3.9 rating for NBC and Fox combined).
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 – Part 2” (1:09–2:07 a.m.):
Despite its later post-1:00 a.m. time period, the second late-night segment of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” drew an average audience of 5.7 million Total Viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18–49.