"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" Scores Highest Ratings in 11 Years

[JamesG]

"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" Scores Highest Ratings in 11 Years
Jan 2, 2012
by Robyn Ross


The 40th anniversary of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" had its highest ratings in 11 years.

The ABC special, co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest, Jenny McCarthy and Fergie, averaged 9.8 million viewers through five and a half hours, topping the ratings of all three other networks combined.

The part of the program that aired from 11:35 p.m. to 12:32 a.m. scored an average of 22.6 million viewers and a gain of 3.8 million viewers.



"New Year's Rockin' Eve" came in second among all ABC specials for the year, only being outperformed by the Academy Awards.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Dick-Cla...e-1041182.aspx

[tnawcwvictoriafa]

Well everyone knows that I'm not a fan of Seacrest, Jenny or Fergie, but it was great to see Mr. Clark back on NYRE, but also, that's good that it's hit big ratings

Nobody does New Year's Eve like Mr. Clark

Carson Daly nor Kathy Griffin can touch Mr. Clark

But also, I only watch it for Mr. Clark and even when they switch to L.A., I turn the TV off b/c I'm not a fan of Today's Pop Music and I only saw the Late Night one not the Primetime one

But all in all, way to go Mr. Clark and he looks good in his Tuxedo

God Bless and Happy New Year to ya

[Mario500]

Originally Posted by tnawcwvictoriafa

Well everyone knows that I'm not a fan of Seacrest, Jenny or Fergie, but it was great to see Mr. Clark back on NYRE, but also, that's good that it's hit big ratings

Why did you refer to these persons in different ways? Why not use both their first names and last names (or in the case of Stacie Ferguson, her stage name Fergie) in each reference to them.

I have heard TV news reporters who refer to some folks by only their last names without courtesy titles such as "mister" and "miss" and refer to folks older than them with courtesy titles. Some reporters refer to children by only their first names and adults by only their last names in secondary references.