- Nickelodeon’s iCarly Leads Trio of New Hits to Record-Breaking Levels
June 7, 2010 | Nickelodeon’s hit live-action trio — iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush — landed record-breaking ratings on Friday night. A brand-new hour-long iCarly TV movie, “iPsycho” (June 4, 8 p.m. ET/PT), drew 7.5 million total viewers — ranking as basic cable’s top entertainment telecast quarter to date. A new episode of Victorious, “Robarazzi,” at 9:00 p.m., set a series record, drawing almost 6 million total viewers. Big Time Rush also posted a record-setting performance with “Big Time Dance” (9:30 p.m. ET/PT), scoring its highest-rated performance with total viewers (4.7 million) since its launch (1/18/10).
- Disney XD Orders Second Season of “Kick Buttowski”
June 7, 2010 | Disney XD has ordered a second season of the hit animated series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil. The second season will be ready for air in spring 2011.
- “iPsycho” Scores 7.52 Million Viewers, List of Top 10 “iCarly” Episodes by Total Viewers
June 6, 2010 | Dan Schneider (creator and executive producer of iCarly and VICTORiOUS, among others) reports on his website DanWarp.com, the new iCarly special “iPsycho” scored 7.52 million total viewers on Friday. The new episode of VICTORiOUS that followed scored about 6 million total viewers (a series high).
- Preview of Friday’s All-New “Big Time Rush”
June 3, 2010 | Check out this clip from Friday's all new episode of Big Time Rush ("Big Time Dance"), premiering Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.
- Second Season of “BrainSurge” Premieres Monday, June 21 on Nickelodeon
June 3, 2010 | Nickelodeon welcomes back its popular game show BrainSurge with 40 brand-new episodes of brain twisters, signature slime and special guests beginning Monday, June 21, at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT. Since its launch in September 2009, the series has emerged as a hit with kids and is currently the most-watched program on all TV in its time period among kids 2-11, boys 2-11, boys 6-11 and boys 9-14. Delivering an average of 2 million total viewers per episode, the first season of BrainSurge has grown by double-digits (+10%) among kids 2-11 since its premiere. (Source: NMR 9/28/09-5/23/10). The new season of BrainSurge, which will feature real kids competing in three intense levels of mind-bending game play, will air in a new timeslot on Nickelodeon weekdays at 6 p.m. (ET/PT).
- Nickelodeon Premieres New “iCarly” Special on Friday, Along With New Episodes of “VICTORiOUS” and “Big Time Rush”
June 3, 2010 | Kids are in for a wild and crazy night as Carly, Sam and Freddie meet the ultimate iCarly super fan, in Nickelodeon’s brand-new hour-long movie “iPsycho,” premiering Friday, June 4, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). Immediately following “iPsycho,” the craziness continues with outrageous all-new episodes of Victorious at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) and Big Time Rush at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Year-to-date, iCarly ranks as the number-one live-action show on television with kids 2-11 and is Nickelodeon’s number-one series with kids and tweens.
- Disney Channel Renews “Wizards of Waverly Place” for a Fourth Season
June 3, 2010 | Disney Channel has ordered a fourth season of its Emmy Award-winning sitcom “Wizards of Waverly Place,” and is in development on the sequel to “Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie,” cable TV’s second-highest rated scripted telecast of all time in Total Viewers (13.5 million), Kids 6-11 and Tweens. The announcement was made today by Gary Marsh, president, Entertainment, and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide. Production on the fourth season is scheduled to begin in August with show runners Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio (“Married…with Children,” “Greetings from Tucson”) executive-producing. Todd J. Greenwald (“Hannah Montana,” “Saved By the Bell: The New Class”) is the series creator and also an executive producer.
- YTV, Nickelodeon Canada July 2010 Programming Highlights
June 3, 2010 | Corus Entertainment, Canada’s largest kids’ broadcaster, is celebrating summer with Season 3 of YTV’s popular reality series The Next Star as well as 48 hours of SpongeBob programming including the Canadian premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Clash of Triton starring Victoria Beckham.
- The Hub Announces Two New Seires: “Pictureka!” and “The Adventures of Chuck and Friends”
June 3, 2010 | Continuing to bulk up its program lineup and define its direction ahead of the network's October 10 launch (10-10-10), The Hub's President and CEO Margaret Loesch announced today the addition of two new Hub Original Series, the live-action program "Pictureka!" and the animated series "The Adventures of Chuck and Friends." The announcement builds on the momentum of the network, coming on the heels of The Hub's recent unveiling of a robust slate of original, premiere and acquired series. The Hub is a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro, Inc. and will be available to 60 million U.S. households upon its launch.
- Cable Ratings: May 24 – 30, 2010
June 2, 2010 | View a list of last week’s top cable shows and networks.
