With its New Year’s Eve lineup, featuring “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party” and “Dick Cark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012,” ABC finished an dominant No. 1 on the evening among Total Viewers (9.8 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.0/11), winning all 6 half-hours of the night and beating the combined network competition by 3.1 million viewers and by 76% with young adults (CBS, NBC and Fox combined = 6.7 million and 1.7/6).
Among viewers and young adults, ABC marked its biggest New Year’s Eve numbers during primetime in 11 years – since 12/31/00. Hitting season-highs on the night, ABC generated its most-watched Saturday night overall in more than 2 years – since 12/5/09 with coverage of the college football Big 12 Championship game.
“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party” (8:00-10:00 p.m.)
ABC took full control from 8:00–10:00 p.m. with “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party,” leading runner-up CBS by 232% in viewers (8.3 million vs. 2.5 million) and by 380% with young adults (2.4/9 vs. 0.5/2).
“Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012” (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Surging over its lead-in, ABC’s broadcast of “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012” towered over the final hour of the night and ranked as the No. 1 TV program in prime with Total Viewers (12.9 million) and across each of the key Adult demos: Adults 18-34 (3.3/15), Adults 18-49 (4.1/15) and Adults 25-54 (5.0/15). In fact during the final hour of prime, “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” more than doubled the combined deliveries of CBS and NBC with Total Viewers (+105% - 12.9 million vs. 6.3 million) and Adults 18-49 (+156% - 4.1/15 vs. 1.6/6).
Head-to-head from 10:00-11:00 p.m., ABC’s “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” crushed NBC’s “New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly” (3.0 million & 0.9/3) by nearly 10 million viewers and by 356% in Adults 18-49.
“Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” pulled in its biggest audience ever on ABC – the special premiered on the Net in 2000. The show shot up over last year’s telecast by 3.7 million viewers and by 46% in Adults 18-49 (9.2 million and 2.8/11 on 12/31/10).
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“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 – Part 1” (11:35 p.m. -12:32 a.m.):
On the program’s 40th anniversary, ABC’s annual broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 – Part 1” pulled in an average audience of 22.6 million Total Viewers and delivered a 7.4 rating among Adults 18-49. In viewers and young adults, “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” stands as ABC’s 2nd-biggest special after the “Academy Awards.”
Comparing it to all TV shows for the week so far (week of December 26, 2011), “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 – Part 1” is projected to stand as the week’s No. 1 non-sports television program in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. Although competitive numbers are currently unavailable, last year the ABC program beat out its combined New Year’s competition on NBC and Fox during the hour by wide margins.
Growing its overall audience for the 3rd straight year, ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve – Part 1” surged by 3.8 million viewers year over year (22.6 million vs. 18.8 million) to generate its most-watched telecast since 2000 – since 12/31/00. Jumping by double digits over last year with Adults 18-34 (+25% - 6.0 rating vs. 4.8 rating) and Adults 18-49 (+19% - 4.4 rating vs. 6.2 rating), the show achieved 8-year-highs in both key young adult demos – since 12/31/03.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 – Part 2” (1:00-2:00 a.m.):
Despite the late time period, the second segment of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest – Part 2” attracted an average audience of 6.2 million Total Viewers and a 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49.
Shooting up by 19% in Total Viewers (6.2 million vs. 5.2 million) and by 26% in Adults 18-49 (2.4 rating vs. 1.9 rating) year to year, the final segment of the show attracted its largest audience in 10 years and its highest young adult rating in 9 years – since 12/31/01 and 12/31/02, respectively.
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