“Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” rang in 2026 with a rankings bang: 30 million midnight viewers, setting a four-year excessive for the annual telecast.
The ABC particular, which was headlined by prolific performer Diana Ross, tallied up 34 million viewers and peaked with 30 million viewers at midnight, in keeping with Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.
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- This yr’s telecast was the No. 1 leisure broadcast particular of the evening
- The present reached 34 million complete viewers throughout the evening, wiht out-of-home viewership not but out there
- iHeart Media’s reside audio nationwide broadcast reached 2 million listeners throughout practically 150 iHeartRadio stations, a 9% improve from final yr
Final yr’s particular averaged 18 million complete viewers and peaked at 21.5 million complete viewers at midnight, in keeping with early Nielsen numbers, whereas the yr earlier than tallied up 22.2 million viewers at midnight. With the ultimate numbers, the present ringing in 2025 scored 29 million viewers at midnight.
This yr’s present was expanded by a further hour and a half of programming, marking the annual particular’s largest and longest lineup of performances up to now.
Along with Ross, performers for “New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve” included Ciara, LE SSERAFIM, Little Massive City, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, AJR, The All-American Rejects, New Youngsters on the Block, Pitbull, Lil Jon, Filmore, 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, BigXthaPlug, Charlie Puth, Chappell Roan, Daddy Yankee, Demi Lovato, DJ Cassidy, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Wyclef Jean, “KPop Demon Hunter” stars EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, 6lack, Jordan Davis, Leon Thomas, Madison Beer, OneRepublic, Put up Malone, Rick Springfield, Russell Dickerson, Tucker Wetmore and Zara Larsson.
Extra particular friends embody the Savannah Bananas, the Social gathering Animals, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse and Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, amongst others.
Like previous years, Seacrest was joined by Rita Ora, whereas Probability the Rapper joined as a co-host to guide the particular’s first-ever reside central time zone countdown from Chicago. Julianne Hough additionally made her co-hosting debut alongside Rob Gronkowski in Las Vegas.
Produced by Dick Clark Productions, “New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve” is government produced by Seacrest, Michael Dempsey and Barry Adelman.
