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Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
(formerly Dick Clark's New Year's
Rockin' Eve) is a television program
that airs every New Year's Eve on
ABC. It had previously been hosted by Dick
Clark since its first airing on
Sunday, December 31, 1972. Ryan Seacrest has been the program's
co-host since the December 31, 2005
telecast. The show features
performances from various
contemporary artists, as well as
coverage of the dropping of the
Times Square Ball in New York City's
Times Square. The program airs live
in the Eastern Time Zone, and then
on tape delay in the other areas of
the United States so that the show
is correlated to when midnight
strikes in the other respective time
zones. On April 18, the
long-time host of the show, Dick
Clark, died after suffering a heart
attack. ABC has not yet commented on
future New Year's coverage, nor has
Dick Clark Productions has commented
on the future of the franchise.
Watch the Ball Drop live stream
from Times Square
Since
December 31, 2000, a pre-show of New
Year's Rockin' Eve has aired in
primetime, featuring additional
musical performances and live
updates from Times Square. The
program has typically consisted of
live coverage of New Year's Eve
festivities in Times Square
(including its long-running ball
drop), along with live musical
performances on location by popular
artists (which are exclusive to the
broadcast). Since 2005, Ryan
Seacrest has hosted the live show
outside in Times Square itself.
While
New Year's Rockin' Eve has aired
every year on ABC since 1974, the
show was handled differently in 2000
due to ABC News' day-long special,
ABC 2000 Today. While Rockin' Eve
was not aired, Dick Clark still
played his traditional role
alongside ABC News correspondents
for its coverage from Times Square
of celebrations in the Eastern time
zone.
In
terms of years on air, Clark's
string of being the permanent host
of the series, 38 years, is the
second-longest of any host of an
American entertainment television
program, behind only Jerry Lewis,
who has hosted his eponymous
telethon from 1966 through .
Both Lewis and Clark are ahead of
Don McNeill and Bob Barker, both of
whom lasted 35 years. (Though Don
Francisco has spent 49 years as host
of Sábado Gigante, that show has
only been based in the United States
for 25 of those years.) However,
Barker and McNeill hosted daily
programs, not annual shows as Lewis
and Clark have.
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