{"id":16439,"date":"2018-01-02T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=16439"},"modified":"2018-01-02T17:32:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T23:32:30","slug":"abc-7-rings-new-year-top-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/01\/02\/abc-7-rings-new-year-top-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 rings in new year with top ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16440\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/01\/02\/abc-7-rings-new-year-top-ratings\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16440\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16440\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies.jpg 848w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-300x167.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-768x428.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-500x279.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-150x84.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-400x223.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-800x446.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Giangreco-Davies-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Mark Giangreco and Janet Davies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just as they\u2019ve been doing for 17 years, Mark Giangreco and Janet Davies rang in another New Year with style, humor and their trademark smooch at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>One gag this year had the camera cut away to a test pattern just as the two sexagenarians went in for a lip lock. Another running joke involved the gaudy brooch Davies was wearing. She said it was an iguana, then a fox, but to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=countdownchicago&amp;src=typd\">many tweeters <\/a>it resembled a rodent.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nielsen figures released Monday showed Giangreco and Davies still reigning supreme as king and queen of Chicago\u2019s unofficial New Year\u2019s Eve prom.<\/p>\n<p>Straight up at midnight, \u201cCountdown Chicago 2018\u201d on ABC-owned <a href=\"http:\/\/abc7chicago.com\">WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>had a 16.8 rating and 39 share, while \u201cNew Year\u2019s Eve Live in Chicago\u201d on NBC-owned<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\"> WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> had a 5.0 rating and 12 share, according to Nielsen overnight ratings.<\/p>\n<p>That translates to 554,349 households for ABC 7 versus 164,9851 households for NBC 5. Combined viewership for the two stations was about the same as last year, but ABC 7\u2019s ratings were up 36 percent from last year while NBC 5\u2019s declined 48 percent from its \u201cChi-Town Rising\u201d spectacle in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Giangreco and Davies, ABC 7\u2019s \u201cCountdown Chicago 2018\u201d featured Terrell Brown, Hosea Sanders, Cheryl Scott, Liz Nagy, Val Warner, Ryan Chiaverini and Ji Suk Yi.<\/p>\n<p>NBC 5\u2019s \u201cNew Year\u2019s Eve Live in Chicago\u201d was hosted by Marley Kayden and Kalee Dionne, along with radio personalities Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick\u00a0of Kiss FM and Joe Soto\u00a0of V103.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2018\/01\/01\/chicago-media-preview-2018-keep-moving\/#comments\">Monday\u2019s best comment:<\/a> <strong>Susan Roling:<\/strong> <em>This next year is going to be a spiral downward if the news people don't find a way to stand up to Sinclair Broadcasting.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as they\u2019ve been doing for 17 years, Mark Giangreco and Janet Davies rang in another New Year with style, humor and their trademark smooch at midnight. One gag this year had the camera cut away to a test pattern just as the two sexagenarians went in for a lip lock. 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