‘Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash’ Hits 5.4 Million Viewers on ABC, Most-Watched Fourth of July Program This Year

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“Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash,” a three-hour Fourth of July special hosted by Ryan Seacrest, hit an average of 5.4 million viewers on Saturday, becoming the most-watched primetime program of the holiday and achieving a 0.83 rating among adults age 18-49. The

This is the first time any network has beat NBC’s primetime programming on Independence Day — led by “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks” — in 16 years; this year, the fireworks show hit 4.9 million viewers during its initial airing from 8 to 10 p.m. and 3.3 million during the encore from 10 to 11 p.m. The ABC special outperformed the initial “Macy’s” airing by a solid 24%, and also beat Fox News’ “America 250: Celebrating Freedom” by 57% (3.5 million), CBS’ “The Great American Block Party” by 173% (1.99 million), CNN’s “The Fourth in America: Celebrating 250” by 327% (vs. 1.3 million) and MSNOW’s “We the People”/”Hope Comes Home” by 1567% (326,000).

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