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Seacrest or Daly?
Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:39 PM
Category: Concerts
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Of course it was Seacrest! With Dick Clarks name in front of him, “Dick Clarks New Years Rockin” Eve with Ryan Seacrest” continued as the number #1 most watched New Years Eve special. I mean really, is it New Years without Dick and Ryan? Carson Daly though is working it and is the main New Years special competitor out there these days. This year was however the lowest rated Rockin’ Eve special since the year 2000 and it is too soon to tell if that is because viewers have tuned into to Daly’s show. Those numbers should be out next week. Dick Clark is pretty amazing because he has hosted 36 out of the last 37 shows and he only missed the one due to the stroke he suffered back in 2004. Although everyone loves Dick Clark, it is hard to see him aging and slowing down in a show that is promoting hope and new beginnings of the coming year.
The stars do like center stage for New Years and this year they did not disappoint. Some of the big name performers this year on the Dick Clark special were the Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, the Pussycat Dolls and Natasha Bedingfield. As always with this show you get what’s going on in the West Coast as well as the East Coast.
Carson Daly had the big names performers as well like, Elton John, Katy Perry and Ludacris. This was the first time the live show was broadcast during primetime hours.
If you were brave (or crazy enough) to head to Time Square to watch the ball drop I am sure you saw some interesting things. From home we also go to witness some interesting things like an awkward moment with both Taylor Swift and her ex – Joe Jonas. Let’s just say there was a bit of dead time when no one, especially Ryan Seacrest, new quite what to say and then clock struck midnight. Hmmm...no kisses were shared in that group.
