Despite the previous year's incident, Carey was subsequently invited to perform in Times Square again for "New Year's Rockin' Eve 2018", in what media outlets described as an attempt at "redemption". The 2018 edition saw major ratings gains, especially in primetime; the 8:00–10:00 p.m. primetime segment reached 10.5 million viewers with a 3.1/13 rating among 18-49s, and the 10:00 p.m. hour reached 15.7 million viewers and a 5.0/20 rating among 18-49s—the highest ratings to date for the 10:00 p.m. segment. "New Year's Rockin' Eve"s only major competitor on network television for 2018 was "Fox's New Year's Eve with Steve Harvey", as NBC's Carson Daly-hosted special was placed on hiatus due to commitments to broadcast "Sunday Night Football" (however, the NFL ultimately forwent a primetime game that night, and NBC aired repeat programming instead).