ABC Destroys NBC - Happy 2008 everyone! This year got off to a slammin' start, and ABC absolutely blew up the National Broadcasting Company. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve went young with their programming, I mean real young, and it worked. A newly-engaged Stacy Ferguson hosted the after party, introducing acts like The Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and Plain White T's. The programming worked, and I got an education.

While I had heard of the Jonas Brothers, I had never seen them perform. They were really good. A lot of teenagers went to the recent Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana show at Alltel Arena in nearby North Little Rock just to see the Jonas Brothers, not Hannah Montana. I was impressed with their performance. Taylor Swift was good. Sean King performed. The guy from the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, went solo and he did well. Akon performed.

Fergie was Fergie and well ... Fergie was sensational. She truly was the best performer of the night. She also did a great job as the host of the broadcast. NBC had Carson Daly and dry interviews with New York City sanitation workers while ABC looked like what MTV is supposed to be doing.

CBS aired Craig Ferguson's late night show. I did not flip back to that a second time.

The talent reminded me of five to seven years ago when 'N Sync, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were leading the way for the hottest young acts on the planet. Clearly, enough time has passed for some separation. There is a new generation of artists barking at the door, and we're going to have to make room for them.