Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest hits ABC's New Year's Eve at No. 1 ratings

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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. ABC scores the biggest Primetime New Year’s Eve numbers in 11 years.  


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).

(source: ABC)