ABC Dominates New Year’s Eve 2025 TV Ratings, As Usual
The Hollywood Reporter••entertainment
Key Points:
- ABC's Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special averaged 18.8 million viewers from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET on Dec. 31/Jan. 1, marking a four-year high and a 5% increase from the previous year.
- ABC estimated that 30 million viewers were tuned in at midnight ET, with 34 million watching at least part of the event throughout the night, dominating the New Year's Eve broadcast landscape.
- CBS's New Year’s Eve Live attracted 5.3 million viewers in the same hour, while CNN and NBC drew smaller audiences, with CNN averaging 2.6 million viewers from 8 p.m. to
