- “Samurai Jack” Joins Toonami After “FLCL” Ends
December 10, 2013 | Great news! Jason DeMarco (the head of Toonami), via a Toonami Faithful podcast has announced that the critically-acclaimed Samurai Jack will be joining the Toonami lineup starting next year. No time or day has been set in stone yet, but it will come after Fooly Cooly (FLCL)'s current run.
- “Sofia the First: The Floating Palace” Soars to 7.6 Million Viewers in Live+7 Ratings
December 9, 2013 | Based on a full week of viewing, Disney Junior's "Sofia the First: The Floating Palace" on Disney Channel became the #2 telecast in cable TV history among Kids 2-5 (2.63 million/16.9 rating) and Girls 2-5 (1.85 million/24.3 rating), and the #2 preschool cable TV telecast ever in Total Viewers (7.62 million), Adults 18-49 (2.15 million/1.7 rating) and Women 18-49 (1.43 million/2.2 rating), behind only last year's, "Sofia the First” Once Upon a Princess."
- Disney Channel Schedules “Sheriff Callie’s Wild West” Preview, Day of Movies for December 13
December 9, 2013 | Disney Channel, Disney Junior (the channel) and Disney XD have altered the majority of their schedules for this Friday, December 13.
- “NinjaGo: Masters of Spinjitzu” Returning in 2014 for Third Season
December 8, 2013 | Although it has not been formally announced, it seems that Cartoon Network is going to be putting out the new season of LEGO's NinjaGo: Masters of Spinjitzu next year. Cartoon Network briefly alluded to the new season on a Facebook post that promotes a Saturday morning 2-hour marathon of the final four episodes of season two.
- Third Season of “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” Premieres Friday, January 3 on Disney Channel
December 6, 2013 | Season three of Disney Junior's Emmy-nominated animated series "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" will premiere Friday, January 3 on Disney Channel (8:30 a.m. ET/PT) and Disney Junior (7:50 p.m. ET/PT).
- Nickelodeon Ratings Highlights for November 25 – December 1, 2013
December 5, 2013 | Nickelodeon closed the week (11/25/13-12/1/13) with double-digit year over year gains with Kids 2-11 (3.2/1.0M, +14%), Kids 6-11 (2.8/552K, +17%) and Tweens 9-14 (1.9/373K, +19%) and averaged 1.9M total viewers for the week.
- Disney Channel Ratings Highlights for November 25 – December 1, 2013
December 4, 2013 | For the week of November 25, 2013, Disney Channel delivered a Total Day sweep, ranking as cable TV’s #1 network in Total Viewers (1.943 million) and TV’s #1 network across major youth – Kids 2-11 (1.033 million/2.6 rating), Kids 6-11 (760,000/3.2 rating) and Tween 9-14 (699,000/2.9 rating) demos. Additionally, the network hit an 18-week high in Tweens 9-14, 16-week high in Total Viewers and 15-week high in Kids 2-11 and Kids 6-11 – since weeks of 7/22/13, 8/5/13 and 8/12/13, respectively.
- “Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas” Crossover Scores 5.8 Million Viewers
December 3, 2013 | Merrily boosted by “Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas” (8:00 p.m.), a one hour programming event that blended two hit comedy series (“Good Luck Charlie” and “Jessie”), Disney Channel ranked as Friday’s #1 TV network in Prime among Kids 2-11 (1.2 million/2.9 rating), Kids 6-11 (891,000/3.7 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (822,000/3.4 rating), and was cable TV’s #1 entertainment network in Total Viewers (2.1 million).
- DreamWorks Animation’s “Turbo FAST” Launches December 24 as First Netflix Original Series for Kids
December 3, 2013 | Turbo and his Fast Action Stunt Team are challenging the world to "snail up!" as they make their global television debut on Christmas Eve – Tuesday, December 24th at 12:01 AM PST – with the launch of DreamWorks Animation's all new Turbo FAST series, exclusively in all Netflix territories. Families will be able to stream the first five episodes this holiday season, with additional all new episodes premiering throughout the year.
- Disney Channel’s Next Original Series “I Didn’t Do It” Premieres January 17; “Win, Lose or Draw” Previews
December 2, 2013 | "I Didn't Do It" series premiere is part of Disney Channel's "janNEWary" programming event FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 (9:40 p.m., ET/PT), immediately following the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie "Cloud 9." Beginning January 26, the series will join Disney Channel's Sunday night family comedy block (8:30 p.m., ET/PT).
