On February 7, 2014, ABC announced that it had renewed both "New Year's Rockin' Eve" and the American Music Awards through 2023 and 2024, respectively. The 2016 edition featured One Direction's final U.S. television appearance before their planned hiatus. That year, "New Year's Rockin' Eve" was once again the highest rated of the New Year's Eve specials across the major networks; for the late-night portion, while overall household viewership was down by 7%, ratings in the 18–49 demographic were up by 3%.