I love this! You know all that fuss about Sharknado and all the buzz it’s been getting? When Disney channel ran Teen Beach Movie the first time, it tacked up better than four times the ratings numbers – and still did better in one showing than Sharknado did in three!
Now Teen Bach Movie has passed the 13 million mark – with none of the buzz of Syfy’s little horror movie – making it the #2 cable movie since, well, ever! Not to mention the #2 movie in Disney Channel’s target demos of kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. For the numbers, follow the jump.
Final Take Live + 7 Ratings – “Teen Beach Movie”
“Teen Beach Movie” Swells By More Than 5 Million Total Viewers in L + 7 to Become #2 Movie in Cable TV History; #2 Cable TV Telecast Ever Across Major Youth Demos, Behind “High School Musical 2”
Disney Channel Original Movie Franchise Holds 5 of Cable TV’s Top 6 Movies of All Time in Total Viewers
“Teen Beach Movie” (8:00-9:45 p.m.)
Based on a full week viewing, Disney Channel’s “Teen Beach Movie” surged by more than 5 million Total Viewers to become the #2 movie in cable TV history in Total Viewers (13.53 million) and the #2 cable TV telecast of all time across Kids 2-11 (7.94 million/20.0 rating), Kids 6-11 (6.37/27.0 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (5.11 million/21.5 rating), behind only “High School Musical 2.”
· The blockbuster Disney Channel Original Movie franchise has now produced 5 of the Top 6 movies in cable TV history in Total Viewers:
· Disney Channel is the home to the top performing telecasts in cable TV history:
o “High School Musical 2” (8/17/07) – #1 scripted cable telecast ever in Total Viewers (18.639 million); #1 cable TV telecast ever in Kids 2-11 (8.210 million), Kids 6-11 (6.536 million) and Tweens 9-14 (6.317 million).
o “Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension” (8/5/11) – #1 animated cable TV telecast in Kids 2-11 (6.233 million).
o “Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess” (11/18/12) – #1 cable TV telecast ever in Kids 2-5 (2.91 million/18.2 rating) and Girls 2-5 (2.13 million/27.2 rating), and #1 preschool cable TV telecast in Total Viewers (8.17 million) and Women 18-49 (1.66 million).
· Live + 7 versus Live + Same Day, “Teen Beach Movie” grew by 61% in Total Viewers (13.53 million vs. 8.39 million), by 73% in Kids 2-11 (7.94 million vs. 4.59 million), by 64% in Kids 6-11 (6.37 million vs. 3.89 million) and by 51% in Tweens 9-14 (5.11 million vs. 3.39 million).
Source: NTI, as dated. U.S. ratings, Live + 7 and Live + Same Day. Movie ranker excludes mini-series.
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