Following the 2006 edition, Dick Clark Productions announced that Seacrest had agreed to remain a host for future editions of "New Year's Rockin' Eve". As he was still afflicted with speech impediments that resulted from dysarthria, a lingering effect of his stroke, Clark's role in the special was reduced; he continued to make limited on-air appearances from Times Square Studios as co-host near midnight, and still conducted his traditional countdown, but Seacrest hosted the majority of the program outside in Times Square itself.