{"id":13100,"date":"2017-01-01T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T03:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=13100"},"modified":"2017-01-01T21:47:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T03:47:28","slug":"abc-7-rings-new-year-back-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/01\/01\/abc-7-rings-new-year-back-top\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 rings in New Year back on top"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mark<\/a>

<\/a> Mark Giangreco and Janet Davies<\/p><\/div>\n

Mark Giangreco and Janet Davies regained their throne as Chicago\u2019s king and queen of New Year\u2019s Eve on Saturday \u2014 with perhaps an assist from Cheryl Scott in a sensational red dress.<\/p>\n

Straight up at midnight, \u201cCountdown Chicago 2017\u201d on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7<\/a> had a 12.3 rating and 31 share, while \u201cChi-Town Rising\u201d on NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 <\/a>had a 9.7 rating and 25 share, according to Nielsen overnight ratings.<\/p>\n

That translates to 425,949 households for ABC 7 versus 335,911 households for NBC 5. Although combined viewership for the two stations was down more than 30 percent from last year, ABC 7 enjoyed a return to the top spot it held for 24 years until last year\u2019s surprise upset by NBC 5\u2019s premiere \u201cChi-Town Rising.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cheryl<\/a>

Cheryl Scott and Terrell Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

From their base at the Drake Hotel, Giangreco and Davies presided over a far-flung cast of ABC 7 revelers, including Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini at the Arie Crown Theatre, and Hosea Sanders and Ji Suk Yi at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. A highlight for some viewers may have been the appearance of meteorologist Scott, who arrived at the Hilton Oakbrook Hills Resort by helicopter with Terrell Brown.<\/p>\n

NBC 5\u2019s second annual \u201cChi-Town Rising,\u201d featuring music performances and the ascent of a star 70 feet over the Chicago River at midnight, was hosted by Sheinelle Jones and Siafa Lewis with Kye Martin, Alicia Roman, Marley Kayden and Byron Miranda.<\/p>\n

For their full broadcasts, ABC 7 averaged a 12.1 rating and 27 share, while NBC 5 averaged a 6.0 rating and 14 share. ABC 7 also prevailed among viewers between 25 and 54 and between 18 and 49.<\/p>\n

One rating point represents 36,630 households; share is percent of sets in use.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cCountdown<\/a>

\u201cCountdown Chicago 2017\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Giangreco and Janet Davies regained their throne as Chicago\u2019s king and queen of New Year\u2019s Eve on Saturday \u2014 with perhaps an assist from Cheryl Scott in a sensational red dress. Straight up at midnight, \u201cCountdown Chicago 2017\u201d on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 had a 12.3 rating and 31 share, while \u201cChi-Town Rising\u201d on NBC-owned... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13100"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13109,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13100\/revisions\/13109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}