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via Nickelodeon press release:

NICKELODEON’S JULY PERFORMANCE DRAWS ITS BIGGEST KIDS AUDIENCE EVER

Nick Ranks at Number One in Total Day for the Month, Takes Number-Two Position in Prime Time

New York, NY-July 31, 2001- Powered by the record-shattering Rugrats‘ “All Growed Up” 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon in July 2001 drew its largest audience of kids 2-11 ever and continued its longstanding dominance as the number-one basic-cable network on a 24-hour basis. According to Nielsen Media Research for July ’01 (7/2-29/01), Nickelodeon delivered a record-breaking average of 992,000 kids 2-11 in total day, marking a 4% increase over last year’s record-setting kid delivery levels (957,000). Among households in total day, Nickelodeon averaged a 1.5/1.2 million HH, delivering audience levels comparable to last year’s record-setting July ’00, when the network garnered its largest household delivery numbers ever.

The network also posted a strong second-place prime-time showing in July due to “All Growed Up” and Nick at Nite’s successful launch of the summer-long Pop-Up Brady series. Having won the week of July 15-22 in prime time, Nick was number two for the entire month with a 1.8/1.4 million HH, up 6% in rating and 11% in HH delivery as compared to prior-year levels. Airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Nick at Nite, Pop-Up Brady increased last year’s time period average by 34% in rating and 40% in delivery, averaging a 1.8/1.5 million HH.

The cable-ratings story of the overall month belonged to Nick’s Rugrats‘ special, in which the babies were depicted 10 years in the future. Highlights include:

• Rugrats’ “All Growed Up” (Saturday, July 21, 8-9 p.m. [ET/PT]) posted a 7.2/5.9 million HH and, among kids 2-11, averaged a 20.4 rating/70 share, making it Nickelodeon’s highest-rated program ever and the highest-rated kids’ program in cable television history.

• The special drew a higher kids share (70) than the Super Bowl drew adults (62); and nearly 3 out of 4 kids watching television in Nick’s universe (81 million U.S. households) were tuned in to “All Growed Up.”

• The special was the number-one cable program for the week of July 15 and was the second-highest-rated basic-cable program of the year, second only to TNT’s “Crossfire Trail” (Sunday, Jan. 21).

• Among persons 2+ (total viewers), “All Growed Up” averaged more than 12 million viewers, making it number one against all broadcast and basic-cable competition for the time period in households and among adults 18-49.

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