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Disney Channel Skyrockets to 23-Week Highs in Total Viewers

By: Jun. 18, 2013
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For the week of June 10, 2013, 24-hour kid-driven, family dedicated television network Disney Channel climbed to 23-week highs in Total Viewers (1.88 million), Kids 6-11 (708,000/3.0 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (647,000/2.7 rating) - since holiday week of 12/31/12 - ranking as cable TV's #1 network in Total Viewers for the 2nd consecutive week and sweeping target kid demos Kids 2-11 (1.02 million/2.6 rating), 6-11s and 9-14s for the 3rd week in a row.

Impressively, Disney Channel has dominated TV's landscape on a weekly basis for over two years in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 - dates back to week of 6/13/11 - towering over Nickelodeon by at least double digits for the 83rd and 85th straight week, respectively. In fact, this week, Disney Channel more than doubled Nickelodeon in Tweens 9-14 (+109% - 647,000 vs. 310,000) and recorded its largest competitive advantage in 10 weeks in Kids 2-11 (+10% - 1.02 million vs. 924,000) and Kids 6-11 (+49% - 708,000 vs. 474,000) - since week of 4/1/13.

In Prime, Disney Channel extended its streak as cable TV's #1 network to 424 consecutive weeks in Kids 6-11 (980,000/4.2 rating - 8+ years), for 159 weeks in a row in Tweens 9-14 (824,000/3.5 rating - 3+ years), and was the #2 cable TV network in Total Viewers (2.43 million), topping #3 History Channel by a solid 14% (vs. 2.14 million).

Disney Channel delivered the Top 10 TV telecasts (Top 5 below) in Kids 6-11 (18 of Top 20) and Top 2 TV telecasts in Kids 2-11 and Tweens 9-14 (48 of Top 50):

Disney Junior Preschooler Block on Disney Channel

In its first week airing daily, Disney Junior's "Sofia the First" ranked as cable TV's #1 series in Kids 2-5 (709,000/4.4 rating) and Girls 2-5 (435,000/5.5 rating), and the #1 preschool cable TV series in Total Viewers (2.18 million) and Women 18-49 (422,000/0.7 rating).

Friday's all new "Sofia the First," which kicked off the block's summer-long 'Pirates and Princess' event and featured Princess Jasmine, ranked as cable TV's #1 telecast in Kids 2-5 (949,000/5.9 rating) and Girls 2-5 (562,000/7.2 rating) and the #1 preschool cable TV telecast in Total Viewers (2.62 million) and Women 18-49 (469,000/0.7 rating). In fact, this was the series' #2 original telecast on record in Total Viewers, #1 original telecast ever in Boys 2-5 (387,000/4.7 rating) and most-watched in 2 months in Kids 2-5 and Girls 2-5 - since 4/12/13.

Overall, the block aired 2 of the week's Top 3 cable TV series in Kids 2-5 with "Sofia the First" and "Jake and the Never Land Pirates," the Top 3 cable TV series in Girls 2-5 with "Sofia the First," "Doc McStuffins" and "Jake and the Never Land Pirates," and the Top 4 preschool cable TV series in Total Viewers with "Sofia the First," "Doc McStuffins," "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" and "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse."

24-Hour Disney Junior Channel

The 24-hour Disney Junior Channel stood as cable TV's #1 preschool-dedicated Total Day network for the 11th straight week - every week since reporting public ratings - with Kids 2-5 (171,000/1.1 rating) and Boys 2-5 (99,000/1.2 rating), and for the 10th time in the previous 11 weeks in Total Viewers (351,000).

Disney Junior Channel surpassed Nick Jr. for the 11th week in a row in Kids 2-5 (+5% - 171,000 vs. 163,000) and Boys 2-5 (+15% - 99,000 vs. 86,000), and led in Total Viewers (+4% - 351,000 vs. 337,000), despite being in 16.4 million fewer homes.

Disney Junior Channel towered over Sprout by triple digits for the 11th consecutive week in the key demos of Total Viewers (+128% - 351,000 vs. 154,000), Kids 2-5 (+138% - 171,000 vs. 72,000) and Boys 2-5 (+209% - 99,000 vs. 32,000), and by at least double-digits in Girls 2-5 (+76% - 72,000 vs. 41,000).


Source: NTI, U.S. ratings. Week of 6/10/13-6/16/13: Live + Same Day. Pre-K series ranks based on regularly scheduled series. Streaks include ties based on rating.



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