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- “Yu-Gi-Oh!” Coming to Nicktoons in March
December 19, 2012 | Nicktoons has begun airing promos stating that the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series will join the network in January.
- Cartoon Network Announces Voting Categories and Nominees for “Hall of Game” 2013
December 18, 2012 | Today, Cartoon Network announced the first 10 voting categories and nominees for the third annual Hall of Game sports awards show, which returns in February 2013. Airing across several Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting platforms, hosts Shaquille O'Neal and Nick Cannon broke the news with a special introduction featuring a brand new Hall of Game nominee's song.
- Nickelodeon Ratings Highlights for December 10 – 16, 2012
December 18, 2012 | Nickelodeon notched another winning week with the premiere of the brand-new “Peter Rabbit’s Christmas Tale,” which drew 3 million total viewers and ranks as the top preschool telecast for the week. Peter Rabbit also was the highest-rated show among both preschoolers and kids 2-11 across all TV in the time period. Additionally, SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) took the top spots with K2-11, respectively, and rank as the top two animated series with K6-11 this week. Victorious was the week’s number-one telecast with T9-14.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for December 10 – 16, 2012
December 18, 2012 | Cartoon Network scored as the #1 destination among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Friday night (7-9 p.m.), with Regular Show at 7 p.m. ranking as the #1 program of the day among boys 6-11.
- Coming Up on The Hub: “Animaniacs” Christmas Eve Marathon; New “Littlest Pet Shop” & “Family Game Night”
December 17, 2012 | Tune-in to The Hub this weekend and next Monday for Animaniacs, Littlest Pet Shop and Family Game Night!
- DC Nation Returns With New Episodes on January 5, 2013
December 14, 2012 | Cartoon Network revs up its Saturday morning slate with new episodes during its hit and beloved action block, including Ben 10 Omniverse, Star Wars: The Clones Wars and DC Nation beginning January 5th. Cartoon Network Studios' original series, Ben 10 Omniverse kicks-off the Saturday morning line-up at 9 a.m. (ET, PT) with guest star Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation), followed by the special 100th episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars at 9:30 a.m. (ET, PT). The highly-anticipated return of DC Nation rounds out the morning at 10 a.m. (ET, PT) featuring all-new content, including episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice: Invasion and all-new animated shorts featuring characters from the DC Comics universe.
- “House of Anubis” Season Three Premieres Thursday, January 3 on Nickelodeon
December 13, 2012 | Nickelodeon's suspense-filled series, House of Anubis, returns for season three with an hour-long episode premiering Thursday, Jan. 3, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). House of Anubis follows a group of students who uncover and solve hidden mysteries at an English boarding school while dealing with the highs and lows of their teenage years. In season three, the Sibuna gang returns to Anubis House with new leader Eddie (Burkely Duffield) as the Osirian. It's up to the Sibunas to untangle the mysteries and stop the adults from unleashing an evil so great it will destroy the world and everyone in it. The new season will feature returning favorite characters and also introduce new faces including KT (Alexandra Shipp), a sunny and tenacious American girl who becomes a vital part of the Sibuna gang, and Willow (Louisa Connelly-Burnham), a bright and quirky student from another boarding house.
- This Weekend on The Hub: New Episodes of “The Haunting Hour,” “Kaijudo” and “Secret Millionaires Club”
December 12, 2012 | Tune-in for new episodes of "R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series," "Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters" and "Secret Millionaires Club" this weekend on The Hub.
- Cartoon Network Crowns 20th Birthday With Most-Watched Year in Its History
December 12, 2012 | As 2012 draws to a close, Cartoon Network, the world’s first 24-hour, all-animation cable network celebrating its first 20years, is on track to set new records this milestone year with its most-watched year in its history during Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) among kids 6-11/9-14 and boys 9-14, in the past seven years among kids 2-11 and boys 2-11, and the past eight years among boys 6-11. Additionally, the network will claim its most-watched year in Total Day (6 a.m.-9 p.m.) in the past six years among kids 9-14 and boys 9-14. All targeted kids and boys demo delivery in Early Prime grew mostly by double digits compared to 2011, ranging between 9% and 20%. Similarly, annual Total Day delivery grew across the board, ranging between 4% and 16%.
- Disney Channel Ratings Highlights for December 3 – 9, 2012
December 11, 2012 | For the week of December 3, 2012, Disney Channel was once again the go-to network across all TV, ranking as TV’s #1 Total Day network for the 78th consecutive week in Kids 6-11 (574,000/2.4 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (479,000/2.0 rating), surpassing #2 Nickelodeon by double digits for the 57th (+28%, vs. 447,000) and 59th (+47%, vs. 325,000) straight weeks, respectively.
