"What ""ageless"" TV star used to host ""New Year's Rockin Eve""?"
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve "New Year's Rockin' Eve" has consistently remained the highest-rated New Year's Eve special broadcast by the United States' major television networks; its 2012 edition peaked at 22.6 million home viewers—not including viewers watching from public locations, which were historically not measured by Nielsen. Dick Clark hosted "New Year's Rockin' Eve" annually from 1973 through 2004, and joined Peter Jennings for ABC News's "ABC 2000 Today" broadcast for 2000. In December 2004, Clark suffered from a stroke, which resulted in Regis Philbin serving as guest host. Due to lingering speech impediments, Clark ceded hosting duties to Ryan Seacrest the following year,
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Shapiro credited Seacrest's involvement in "New Year's Rockin' Eve" for its "extended and expanded" success. That year, the special was aired in simulcast in Canada for first time by City, replacing its coverage of concert festivities at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square (City continued to sponsor the event, however). While viewership was down by 5%, "New Year's Rockin' Eve" was still the highest-rated among the New Year's specials. On February 7, 2014, ABC announced that it had renewed both "New Year's Rockin' Eve" and the American Music Awards through 2024 and 2023 respectively. The 2016 edition featured One Direction's final U.S.