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- “WWE Saturday Morning Slam” Tops Vortexx’s Ratings
August 30, 2012 | The series premiere of WWE Saturday Morning Slam on August 25 (CW, 10-10:30am) was Saturday morning’s (7am-12pm) most watched program on CW among total viewers and the following kids demos: Kids under 18, Kids 2-5, Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11, Kids 9-14, Boys under 18, Boys 2-5, Boys 2-11, Boys 6-11, Girls under 18, Girls 2-11, Girls 6-11, Girls 9-14 and Female Teens (F12-17).
- “Crash & Bernstein” Premieres October 8 on Disney XD
August 30, 2012 | Disney XD's "Crash & Bernstein," a "bro-comedy" that follows Wyatt Bernstein, the only son among four kids, whose new puppet, Crash, comes to life and becomes his loud-mouthed surrogate brother who knows no limits, premieres MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT).
- “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Season 5 Premieres 9/29; Enters Local Syndication
August 29, 2012 | Following an impressive fourth season* full of surprises, the spectacular action and riveting story of Star Wars: The Clone Wars intensifies in Season Five on Cartoon Network at a new day and time. Starting September 29, 2012 at 9:30 am, the classic heroes and villains of the world famous Star Wars Saga continue their adventures as The Clone Wars moves to Cartoon Network’s action series Saturday mornings.
- Season 3 of “Family Game Night” Premieres Sept. 23 With New Format
August 29, 2012 | The Hub TV Network, a television network for kids and their families, heads into fall with the season three premiere of its top-rated, family game show "Family Game Night," Sunday, September 23, 7 p.m. ET.
- Disney XD and ESPN Team for “Sport Science” Series
August 29, 2012 | Disney XD has teamed with ESPN to uncover sports' biggest myths and mysteries, in the series "Disney XD ESPN Sport Science," premiering SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 (11:00 a.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD.
- Disney XD Sizzles to Biggest Summer on Record
August 29, 2012 | Disney XD powered to its most-watched summer on record in both Prime and Total Day in Total Viewers and among target kid and boy 6-14, 6-11 and 9-14 demographics, delivering its 4th consecutive summer of increases and its #1 month of all time in July 2012.
- Disney Junior Block Scores Best Summer Ever in Total Viewers, Preschoolers & Moms
August 28, 2012 | Securing the Top 3 cable TV series across target preschoolers and the Top 3 preschool cable TV series with Moms, Disney Channel’s Disney Junior block set all-time summer highs in Total Viewers (1.70 million), Kids 2-5 (514,000/3.1 rating), Girls 2-5 (260,000/3.2 rating) and Women 18-49 (321,000/0.5 rating). Moreover, the block has delivered the #1 cable TV series in Kids 2-5 for the past 6 consecutive months and for the 8 past straight months in Boys 2-5.
- Disney Channel Earns Historic Summer Win With #1 in Viewers, Kids and Tweens
August 28, 2012 | During Summer 2012, Disney Channel scorched the competition, ranking as the #1 cable TV network for the first time in the network’s history in Total Day in Total Viewers (1.95 million) and as TV’s #1 network in Kids 2-11 (1.12 million/2.7 rating), closing out the summer on a 12-week streak. Disney Channel ranked as TV’s #1 network for the 7th consecutive summer in Tweens 9-14 (676,000/2.8 rating) and for the 4th straight summer in Kids 6-11 (805,000/3.3 rating), and is on a current 62 week win-streak in the demos.
- “Dog Days of Summer” Gives The Hub Best Ratings Week Ever
August 28, 2012 | The success of Hub TV Network’s “Dog Days of Summer” programming event during the week of August 20-26 drove the network to its best weekly audience delivery in the history of the network and capped an August that delivered the best-ever monthly performance among all key demographics. The record-setting week and month closed a summer that saw significant progressive growth every month throughout the season.
- “How to Rock” Not Being Renewed
August 27, 2012 | Nickelodeon has decided not to renew freshman comedy How to Rock for a second season, the show’s executive producer David Israel blogged on his Tumblr.
