Disney Channel & Disney Junior Ratings Highlights for November 11 – 17, 2013
via Disney Channel press release:
Ratings Highlights November 11-17, 2013 – Final National Ratings
Disney Channel Stands as TV’s #1 Total Day Network
for the 127th Consecutive Week With Kids 6-11 and Tweens,
Hits 10 Week High in Total Viewers and 11 Week High in Tweens
~13th Airing of “Teen Beach Movie” is TV’s #1 Live Action Telecast With Kids 6-11
24-Hour Disney Junior Channel Extends its Streak as TV’s #1 Preschool-Dedicated Network to 33 Straight Weeks in Target Preschoolers 2-5;
~Airs Top 2 Telecasts to Date with “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” and “Doc McStuffins”
Disney Channel: Total Day and Prime Highlights
For the week of November 11, 2013, Disney Channel ranked as TV’s #1 network in Total Day for the 127th consecutive week in Kids 6-11 (542,000/2.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (521,000/2.2 rating), closing in on two-and-a-half years at #1 in the target kid demographics (dates back to week of 6/13/11). Moreover, the network hit a 10 week high in Total Viewers (1.563 million) and an 11 week high in Tweens 9-14 – since weeks of 9/2/13 and 8/26/13, respectively.
Disney Channel towered over Nickelodeon by at least double digits for the 106th week in a row in Kids 6-11 (+18% – 542,000 vs. 458,000) and for the 108th consecutive week in Tweens 9-14 (+70% – 521,000 vs. 307,000) – dates back to week of 11/7/11 and 10/24/11, respectively.
In Prime, Disney Channel stood as cable TV’s #1 network for the 444th consecutive week among Kids 6-11 (876,000/3.7 rating – 8+ years) and 181st week in a row in Tweens 9-14 (833,000/3.4 rating – 3+ years).
- In its 13th airing, “Teen Beach Movie” (Sun., 8:00 – 9:50p.m.) ranked as the week’s #1 live action TV telecast in Kids 6-11 (1.242 million/5.2 rating).
- Led by Friday’s all-new “Jessie,” Disney Channel aired the Top 6 live action TV telecasts in Tweens:
24-Hour Disney Junior Channel
The 24-hour Disney Junior Channel stood as TV’s #1 preschool-dedicated Total Day network for the 33rd straight week with Kids 2-5 (205,000/1.3 rating) and Boys 2-5 (105,000/1.3 rating) – every week since reporting ratings publicly on 4/1/13 – for the 16th consecutive week in Girls 2-5 (99,000/1.3 rating), for the 22nd week running in Women 18-49 (103,000) and for the 32nd time in the prior 33 weeks in Total Viewers (441,000).
Notably, this week stood as Disney Junior channel’s #1 week on record in Women 18-49 and its 4th-most-watched week to date in Total Viewers.
Also impressive, on Saturday, the channel delivered its Top 2 telecasts on record in Total Viewers with “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” (1.289 million, 11:30 – 11:55 a.m.) and “Doc McStuffins” (1.258 million, 11:00 – 11:25 a.m.), with the same airings its Top 2 telecasts of all time in Kids 2-5 with “Doc McStuffins” (678,000/4.4 rating) and “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” (672,000/4.3 rating).
- Overall, Disney Junior channel held the Top 3 telecasts across preschool-exclusive networks in Kids 2-5, Top 2 in Girls 2-5, Top 4 in Boys 2-5, Top 10 in Total Viewers (Top 5 below) and Top 13 in Women 18-49 (Top 5 below):
- Disney Junior channel topped Nick Jr. for the 33rd week in a row in Kids 2-5 (+10% – 205,000 vs. 187,000) and Boys 2-5 (+13% – 105,000 vs. 93,000), for the 16th consecutive week in Girls 2-5 (+5% – 99,000 vs. 94,000), for the 21st week running in Women 18-49 (+51% – 103,000 vs. 68,000) and for the 32nd time in the previous 33 weeks in Total Viewers (+21% – 441,000 vs. 363,000), despite being in 13.1 million fewer homes.
- Disney Junior channel towered over Sprout by robust margins, nearly tripling the network in Total Viewers (+190% – 441,000 vs. 152,000) and Women 18-49 (+186% – 103,000 vs. 36,000), and more than tripling in Kids 2-5 (+236% – 205,000 vs. 61,000), Girls 2-5 (+230% – 99,000 vs. 30,000) and Boys 2-5 (+250% – 105,000 vs. 30,000).
- Furthermore, this marked Disney Junior Channel’s 33rd week in a row defeating Sprout by triple digits in Total Viewers, Kids 2-5 and Boys 2-5.
Source: NTI, U.S. ratings. Week of 11/11/13-11/17/13, Live + Same Day; Pre-K series ranks based on regularly scheduled series. Streaks include ties based on rating.