History Series / NewYearsRockinEve

It all began in the early 1970s. Creator/DickClark did not think the CBS New Year's Eve show hosted by Creator/GuyLombardo attracted a young audience. He felt that the program was for an older audience because of its use of old-time traditional pop music with people in fancy tuxedos. He decided he would create a new New Year's Eve show just for a young audience, so he named it ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' to cement its demographic of younger viewers with its more fun and upbeat atmosphere. On December 31, 1972 the very first program aired, ''Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' hosted by Music/ThreeDogNight. After just two years the show would move to Creator/{{ABC}} and Clark would take over the duty of producing and hosting the show. After Guy Lombardo died in 1977, and took the presence of his show with him, ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' grew into the icon of American television it is today.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000, the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still present for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004, Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Creator/RegisPhilbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role. However, though he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year Creator/RyanSeacrest took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer. In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still present for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Creator/RegisPhilbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role. However though he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year Creator/RyanSeacrest took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer. In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This was Clark's idea when he created ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' because he wanted a completely different and more youthful special than CBS had.
** For that matter 2000 was something completely different. ''Rockin' Eve'' was not seen for 2000 since ABC was a part of the multi-country consortium ''2000 Today'' which still showed the ball drop in Times Square and still had Dick countdown to midnight, seen worldwide for the first time.
%% UPDATE NEXT LINE ONCE THE BALL HAS DROPPED 2020-21
** 2021 had no live performances or a live audience watching the ball drop due to the ongoing UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* For that matter 2000 was something completely different. ''Rockin' Eve'' was not seen for 2000 since ABC was a part of the multi-country consortium ''2000 Today'' which still showed the ball drop in Times Square and still had Dick countdown to midnight, seen worldwide for the first time.

* 2021 had no live performances or a live audience watching the ball drop due to the ongoing UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

** For that matter 2000 was something completely different. ''Rockin' Eve'' was not seen for 2000 since ABC was a part of the multi-country consortium ''2000 Today'' which still showed the ball drop in Times Square and still had Dick countdown to midnight, seen worldwide for the first time.

** 2021 will have no live performances or a live audience watching the ball drop due to the ongoing UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

[[caption-width-right:350:This is what New Year's Eve in America[[note]]Well, actually, New York.[[/note]] looks like.]]

It all began in the early 1970's. Creator/DickClark did not think the New Year's Eve show hosted by Creator/GuyLombardo attracted a young audience. He felt that the program was for an older audience because of its use of old-time traditional pop music with people in fancy tuxedos. He decided he would create a new New Year's Eve show just for a young audience, so he named it ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' to cement its demographic of younger viewers with its more fun and upbeat atmosphere. On December 31, 1972 the very first program aired, ''Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' hosted by Music/ThreeDogNight. After just two years the show would move to Creator/{{ABC}} and Clark would take over the duty of producing and hosting the show. After Guy Lombardo died in 1977, and took the presence of his show with him, ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' grew into the icon of American television it is today.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still there for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Dick Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Creator/RegisPhilbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role. However though he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year Creator/RyanSeacrest took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer. In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

* ArtifactTitle: The show is still called "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" despite Dick Clark's 2012 death.

* EnforcedPlug: In UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, every year's edition of the show has had big time plugs for Planet Fitness tying in to try and get viewers to make a New Year's Resolution to exercise more.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Starting when Dick gave up his hosting duties due to his stroke (if not earlier), it's been '' '''Dick Clark's''' New Year's Rockin' Eve''; presumably to assure the audience that it's still the same ''Rockin' Eve'' as before despite the change in hosts.

** 2021 would also be something different with no live performances or a live audience watching the ball drop due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

** For that matter 2000 was something completely different. ''Rockin' Eve'' was not seen for 2000 since ABC was a part of the multi-country consortium ''2000 Today'' which still showed the ball drop in Times Square and still had Dick count down to midnight, seen worldwide for the first time.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still there for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Dick Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Regis Philbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role. However though he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year Creator/RyanSeacrest took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer. In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: During the 2017 edition Mariah Carey's performance was messed up by a malfunctioning microphone. She took it to the fans to ask to sing the lyrics for her.

It all began in the early 1970's. ''Creator/DickClark'' did not think the New Year's Eve show hosted by Creator/GuyLombardo attracted a young audience. He felt that the program was for an older audience because of its use of old-time traditional pop music with people in fancy tuxedos. He decided he would create a new New Year's Eve show just for a young audience, so he named it ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' to cement its demographic of younger viewers with its more fun and upbeat atmosphere. On December 31, 1972 the very first program aired, ''Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' hosted by ''Music/ThreeDogNight''. After just two years the show would move to ''Creator/{{ABC}}'' and Clark would take over the duty of producing and hosting the show. After Guy Lombardo died in 1977, and took the presence of his show with him, ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' grew into the icon of American television it is today.

* ArtifactTitle: The show is still called "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" despite Dick Clark's 2012 death. In fact, it seems Clark's name didn't get added to the title until ''after'' he died.

* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: For the last several years, it's been '''''Dick Clark's''' New Year's Rockin' Eve''.

* ArtifactTitle: The show is still called "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" despite Dick Clark's 2012 death.

It all began in the early 1970's. ''Creator/DickClark'' did not think the New Year's Eve show hosted by ''Creator/GuyLombardo'' attracted a young audience. He felt that the program was for an older audience because of its use of old-time traditional pop music with people in fancy tuxedos. He decided he would create a new New Year's Eve show just for a young audience, so he named it ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' to cement its demographic of younger viewers with its more fun and upbeat atmosphere. On December 31, 1972 the very first program aired, ''Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' hosted by ''Music/ThreeDogNight''. After just two years the show would move to ''Creator/{{ABC}}'' and Clark would take over the duty of producing and hosting the show. After Guy Lombardo died in 1977, and took the presence of his show with him, ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' grew into the icon of American television it is today.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still there for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Dick Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Regis Philbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role. However though he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year ''Creator/RyanSeacrest'' took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer. In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

* EnforcedPlug: In ''UsefulNotes/TheNewTens'' every year's edition of the show has had big time plugs for Planet Fitness tying in to try and get viewers to make a New Year's Resolution to exercise more.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still there for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Dick Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Regis Philbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role. However though he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year ''Creator/RyanSeacrest'' took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

[[caption-width-right:350:This is what New Year's Eve in America looks like.]]

It all began in the early 1970's. ''Creator/DickClark'' did not think the New Year's Eve show hosted by ''Creator/GuyLombardo'' attracted a young audience. He felt that the program was for an older audience because of its use of old-time rock with people in fancy tuxedos. He decided he would create a new New Year's Eve show just for a young audience, so he named it ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' to cement its demographic of younger viewers with its more fun and upbeat atmosphere. On December 31, 1972 the very first program aired, ''Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' hosted by ''Music/ThreeDogNight''. After just two years the show would move to ''Creator/{{ABC}}'' and Clark would take over the duty of producing and hosting the show. After Guy Lombardo died in 1977, and took the presence of his show with him, ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' grew into the icon of American television it is today.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDiffculties: During the 2017 edition Mariah Carey's performance was messed up by a malfunctioning microphone. She took it to the fans to ask to sing the lyrics for her.

** For that matter 2000 was something completely different. ''Rockin' Eve'' was not seen for 2000 since ABC was a part of the multi-country consortium ''2000 Today'' which still showed the ball drop in Times Square and still had Dick count down to midnight, seen worldwide for the first time.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still there for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Dick Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Regis Philbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role but he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year ''Creator/RyanSeacrest'' took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

* NewYearHasCome: Obviously the central element of the special is the ball drop in Times Square.

** For that matter 2000 was something completely different. ''Rockin' Eve" was not seen for 2000 since ABC was a part of the multi-country consortium ''2000 Today'' which still showed the ball drop in Times Square and still had Dick count down to midnight, seen worldwide for the first time.

* NowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: This was Clark's idea when he created ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' because he wanted a completely different and more youthful special than CBS had.

The show would go on to last for decades, and would often be hosted by a guest host along with Clark. Even though the show centered on musical performances, it also brought New York City's famous Times Square ball drop to American audiences. For 2000 the show was not seen because of ABC's participation in the multi-country special ''2000 Today'' but Clark was still there for his annual tradition of counting down the ball drop, seen around the world for the first time because of the consortium of broadcasts. In 2004 Dick Clark suffered a stroke that would leave him unable to host for 2005, that year instead being taken by Regis Philbin. Clark returned for 2006 but his stroke left him with a far reduced role but he would still count down the ball drop to midnight. The following year ''Creator/RyanSeacrest'' took over as main host. Clark continued to appear for the countdown every year until his death in 2012. The show would continue with Ryan Seacrest as main host and producer In the five decades the series has aired, it has become the primary New Year's Eve program in America and made Dick Clark a face associated with the holiday.

It all began in the early 1970's. ''Creator/DickClark'' did not think the New Year's Eve show hosted by ''Creator/GuyLombardo'' attracted a young audience. He felt that the program was for an older audience because of its use of old-time rock with people in fancy tuxedos. He decided he would create a new New Year's Eve show just for a young audience, so he named it ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' to cement its demographic of younger viewers with its more fun and upbeat atmosphere. On December 31, 1972 the very first program aired, ''Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' hosted by ''Music/ThreeDogNight''. After just two years the show would move to ''Creator/ABC'' and Clark would take over the duty of producing and hosting the show. After Guy Lombardo died in 1977, and took the presence of his show with him, ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' grew into the icon of American television it is today.