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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.1/8 | 1.1/4 | 1.0/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.17 | 6.43 | 3.00 | 3.27 | 0.90 |
A surprisingly strong Wild Hogs movie, plus the ageless Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve led ABC to the ratings win on New Year's Eve.
Happy New Year!
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Wild Hogs (movie) | 1.5 | 6 | 6.140 |
| NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 3.360 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 4.330 | |
| CBS | Medium (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 4.200 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.4 | 2 | 1.190 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Wild Hogs (movie) | 1.8 | 7 | 6.430 |
| NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 2.930 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 4.320 | |
| CBS | Medium (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 4.110 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.993 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Wild Hogs (movie) | 1.9 | 7 | 6.860 |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 6.680 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 2.550 | |
| FOX | Fringe (repeat) | 0.7 | 3 | 2.310 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.745 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Wild Hogs (movie) | 2.1 | 8 | 7.310 |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 5 | 7.520 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 2.450 | |
| FOX | Fringe (repeat) | 0.7 | 2 | 2.120 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.687 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Dick Clark's Primetime New Year' Eve | 2.5 | 9 | 7.540 |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.4 | 5 | 7.880 | |
| NBC | New Year's Eve With Carson Daly | 1.1 | 4 | 3.170 | |
| 10:30 | ABC | Dick Clark's Primetime New Year' Eve | 2.9 | 10 | 8.760 |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.5 | 5 | 8.190 | |
| NBC | New Year's Eve With Carson Daly | 1.2 | 4 | 3.530 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source: Marc Berman / MediaWeek
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i wounder how many viewers there were at 12 am… tahts probably a astronomical # because everyone watches the ball droop. prob over 50 mill americans watch the ball drop at midnight each new year
Strong #s for an ABC movie. Happy New Year everyone!
Better Off Ted is on tonight at 8:30 after the Rose Bowl. Praying for good #s!
wow….carson dalys exgf tara reid has done more guys than the # of people that watched his show last nite.
Have a happy new year, everyone!
They’re already running the zamboni at Fenway.
Haha! Gee Adam Lambert fans, you really put a dent in that one!
evelyn27: let go of the hate… it’s a new year. start off being nice.
Congrats to ABC for a big win, but most importantly congrats to Dick Clark. The man can still pull in big ratings every-single year, so hats of to him and the entire ABc crew for last night. Well-done.
I agree Romo, NBC makes yet another boneheaded decision sending the talentless Carson Daly against legendary Dick Clark.
Also, I’m surprised no Community or Parks & Wreck fans have made any critical remarks about 30 Rock’s bad numbers last night. I expect some to come.
Why was Carson hosting for NBC? I mean there was no way they were gonna beat Dick Clark but that choice of host makes it seem like they wanted a 1.0…
@Peter Not all Parks and Rec / Community fans tend to moan and complain and mention other shows ratings. We just hope our shows do ok.
Carson Daly shows absolutely NO emotion while hosting his NYE show – I don’t understand why they just don’t get someone else…..
“Better Off Ted is on tonight at 8:30 after the Rose Bowl. Praying for good #s!” –Yes but on the west coast, BOT will not be airing after the game. It’ll be airing after local programming, so it’ll lose a huge chunk of potential viewers that one might think comes from after a game.
ABC’s “Dick Clark special” is Ryan Seacrest-hosted with a cameo by Clark.
bill, the washington post has a ratings story up about real world dc
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123102766.html
Tonight at 8:00 on MyNetwork tv (ch.209 for comcast) tune in to check out WWE Friday Night SmackDown. Lets have good ratings. If your not a WWE fan i urge you to check out SmackDown tonight.
ron, thanks for the heads up.
Dont forget about Better Off Ted tonight!!
Here on the west coast, Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Eve didn’t air until 11:30 PM. Very surprised it aired at 10:00 PM for the rest of the nation.
I can’t believe no one has commented on Jennifer Lopus’s outfit..She might just as well been naked.. What an example for the teen aged fans standing there watching.. I though the lady used to have some “Class”. And they should have left Dick Clark at his Compound….
Jennifer “Lopus” was completely covered from the neck down. I don’t think you could even see the outline of nips or camel toe…good grief.