Disney Channel’s Season Premiere of “JONAS L.A.,” Starring the Jonas Brothers, is the Week’s No. 1 TV Series in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14, and Cable’s No. 1 Entertainment Series in Total Viewers.
“Sonny With a Chance” Delivers Its Best Ratings in At Least 3 Months in Total Viewers and Target Kids Demos.
One-Two Punch of “Sonny With a Chance” and “JONAS L.A.” Dominates the 8 O’clock Hour, Besting Nick-at-Nite by Double-Digit Percentages.
With 4 of the Week’s Top 5 Telecasts on TV in Kids 6-11 and 9 of the Top 10 in Tweens 9-14, Disney Channel is TV’s No. 1 Network in Prime in Key Kids.
Playhouse Disney Claims 4 of the Week’s Top 10 Programs in Target Kids 2-5 Demo
Week of June 14, 2010
Disney Channel’s season premiere of “JONAS L.A.” ranked as TV’s No. 1 series for the week in Kids 6-11 (1.3 million/5.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.2 million/4.8 rating), and cable’s No. 1 entertainment series in Total Viewers (3.3 million). The new season features new Jonas Brothers music, a new Southern California setting and a new serialized comedy format mark. It stars pop culture superstars Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas, Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson.
On Sunday, an original “Sonny With a Chance” posted the show’s best numbers in more 3 months (since 3/14/10) in Total Viewers (3.8 million) and Tweens 9-14 (1.4 million/5.7 rating), standing as its 2nd-most-watched telecast of the season in both demos. Sunday’s episode of “Sonny” ranked as the show’s third best of the season in Kids 6-11 (1.4 million/5.8 rating), marking its highest ratings since 3/21/10.
At 8 o’clock, the combination of “Sonny With a Chance” and “JONAS L.A.” were dominant winners in the hour in key kids demos, overshadowing runner-up Nick-at-Nite’s “Victorious” and “Big Time Rush” by 30% in Kids 6-11 (1.3 million vs. 1.0 million) and by 67% in Tweens 9-14 (1.3 million vs. 762,000).
Boasting 4 of the week’s Top 5 telecasts in Kids 6-11 and 9 of the Top 10 in Tweens 9-14, Disney Channel was TV’s No. 1 network in Prime in Kids 6-11 (1.1 million/4.4 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (905,000/3.7 rating), marking the net’s 268th consecutive win in Kids 6-11. Furthermore, Disney Channel was TV’s No. 1 network in Total Day in Tweens 9-14 (629,000/2.6 rating).
In Kids 6-11, Disney Channel delivered 4 of the week’s Top 5 telecasts on TV:
P6-11 | P6-11 | |||||
PROGRAM | NET | START | END | DAY | US AA% | 000s |
SONNY WITH A CHANCE-06/18/2010 | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | ....F.. | 6.3 | 1542 |
SUITE LIFE ON DECK-06/18/2010 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | ....F.. | 6.3 | 1542 |
GOOD LUCK CHARLIE-06/18/2010 | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | ....F.. | 5.8 | 1430 |
ICARLY MOVIE: IPSYCHO-06/18/2010 | NICK | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | ....F.. | 5.8 | 1423 |
SONNY WITH A CHANCE-06/20/2010 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 8:25 PM | ......S | 5.8 | 1421 |
In Tweens 9-14, Disney Channel claimed 9 of the Top 10 TV telecasts of the week:
P9-14 | P9-14 | |||||
PROGRAM | NET | START | END | DAY | US AA% | 000s |
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 7-06/17/2010 | ABC | 9:04 PM | 11:59 PM | ...T... | 6.5 | 1,572 |
SUITE LIFE ON DECK-06/18/2010 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | ....F.. | 6.4 | 1,569 |
SONNY WITH A CHANCE-06/18/2010 | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | ....F.. | 6.0 | 1,466 |
SONNY WITH A CHANCE-06/20/2010 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 8:25 PM | ......S | 5.7 | 1,395 |
GOOD LUCK CHARLIE-06/18/2010 | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | ....F.. | 5.4 | 1,313 |
PIXAR SHORT FILMS-06/20/2010 | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 10:40 PM | ......S | 5.1 | 1,236 |
SUITE LIFE ON DECK-06/19/2010 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | .....S. | 4.8 | 1,179 |
JONAS L.A.-06/20/2010 | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | ......S | 4.8 | 1,176 |
HANNAH MONTANA - LN-06/20/2010 | DSNY | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | ......S | 4.7 | 1,154 |
WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PL -LN-06/18/2010 |
(Source: ABC - Nielsen Media Research (National Ratings, Live + Same Day, 6/14-6/20/10). Ranks based on 000s, then rating, unless otherwise noted. Excludes programs 5 minutes or shorter in duration)
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