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Disney Channel Ratings Highlights for August 2 – 8, 2010

via Disney Channel press release:

Weekly Ratings Highlights for Aug 2-Aug 8, 2010 – Final National Ratings

“Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs To You” is the Week’s No. 1
Animated Series Among Kids 6-11 and Cable’s Most-Watched Animated
Series in Total Viewers; Hit Series’ Most-Watched Telecast in Nearly 8
Months in Total Viewers and in More Than 5 Months Among Kids 6-11

Led by All-New Episodes of “Sonny With A Chance,” “Hannah
Montana Forever” and “JONAS L.A.,” Disney Channel Has the
Week’s Top 7 TV Programs Among Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 and is
TV’s No. 1 Network in Prime and Total Day in Key Kids Demos

Playhouse Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” Ranks as TV’s No. 1
Preschool Program in Target Kids 2-5 Demo for the Third Straight Week

Week of August 2, 2010

  • The premiere of “Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs To You” on Disney Channel was the week’s No. 1 animated series in Kids 6-11 (1.53 million/6.2 rating) and cable’s most-watched animated series in Total Viewers (3.86 million). This impressive performance comes after the episode’s record-setting premiere on Disney XD, where it was the channel’s No. 1 series telecast this year to date in Total Viewers and Boys 6-11.
  • Disney Channel’s premiere of “Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs To You” (8/6/10, 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.) ranks as the hit series’ most-watched telecast in nearly 8 months in Total Viewers and in over 5 months in Kids 6-11– since the weeks of 12/11/09 and 2/26/10, respectively.
  • In Kids 6-11, Disney Channel delivered TV’s Top 7 programs for the week fronted by “Sonny With A Chance” (No. 1 – 1.93 million/7.9 rating, Sun., 8:30 – 9:00 p.m.), “Hannah Montana Forever” (No. 2 – 1.81 million/7.4 rating, Sun., 8:00 – 8:30 p.m.) and “JONAS L.A.” (No. 3 – 1.69 million/6.9 rating, Sun., 9:00 – 9:30 p.m.).
  • In Tweens 9-14, Disney Channel held the week’s Top 7 TV programs led by Hannah Montana Forever” (No. 1 – 1.70 million/7.0 rating, Sun., 8:00 – 8:30 p.m.) “Sonny With A Chance” (No. 2 – 1.64 million/6.7 rating, Sun., 8:30 – 9:00 p.m.), and “JONAS L.A.” (No. 3 – 1.53 million/6.3 rating, Sun., 9:00 – 9:30 p.m.).

  • Powered by Sunday’s “Night of Premieres” programming, featuring all-new episodes of hit original series, Disney Channel was TV’s No. 1 network of the week in Prime in Kids 6-11 (1.19 million/4.8 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (969,000/4.0 rating). This week marked the channel’s 275th consecutive win in Kids 6-11, with the streak at 272 out of 275 weeks with Tweens 9-14.
  • In Total Day*, Disney Channel was TV’s No. 1 network in Kids 6-11 (870,000/3.5 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (729,000/3.0 rating), topping runner-up Nickelodeon (729,000 vs. 670,000) for the 8th week in a row in the Tweens demo.

  • Playhouse Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” (623,000/3.8 rating, Sat., 8:30 – 8:55 a.m.) was the week’s No. 1 preschool program on TV for the 3rd straight week among target preschoolers aged 2-5 based on average delivery.

Source:  Nielsen Media Research (National Ratings, Live + Same Day, 8/2/10-8/8/10). Ranks based on 000s, then rating, unless otherwise noted. *Total Day as defined by Nickelodeon=Mon-Thu 7a-8p; Fri 7a-10p; Sa 6a-10p; Sun 6a-8p.