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- Nick Jr.’s NickMom Programming Block Premieres October 1
August 15, 2012 | Nickelodeon is celebrating momkind one funny moment at a time with the launch of NickMom, the new primetime, ad-supported TV block bowing Oct. 1 and re-launching today on the Web at www.NickMom.com.
- Disney Channel Ratings Highlights for August 6 – 12, 2012
August 14, 2012 | The Total Day winner across all cable TV for the past 10 weeks, Disney Channel is set to score its first-ever Total Day Summer win in Total Viewers (1.96 million), with its current lead over the #2 cable TV network, Nickelodeon, a sizeable 13% (vs. 1.74 million).
- Disney Junior Ratings Highlights for August 6 – 12, 2012
August 14, 2012 | For the week of August 6, 2012, Disney Junior’s “Doc McStuffins” on Disney Channel ranked as the #1 preschool cable TV series in Kids 2-5 (648,000/3.9 rating) and Girls 2-5 (352,000/4.3 rating) for the 9th consecutive week, with “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” #1 in Boys 2-5 (319,000/3.7 rating) and “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” #1 in Women 18-49 (403,000/0.6 rating).
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for August 6 – 12, 2012
August 14, 2012 | Midway through August 2012, Cartoon Network again ranked as basic cable's #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Early Prime delivery of key kid demos also grew vs. the same time period last year - kids 2-11 by 9% and kids 6-11 by 3%. Total Day delivery also grew among kids 6-11 by 1% and kids 9-14 by 4% vs. last year.
- The Hub Ratings Highlights for August 6 – 12, 2012
August 14, 2012 | Against strong Olympics competition, The Hub TV Network’s summer schedule continued its across-the-schedule outstanding audience growth momentum the week of August 6-12 with double and triple-digit increases for programming in virtually all key audience demographics versus year-ago deliveries.
- Disney Channel Ratings Highlights for Friday, August 10, 2012
August 13, 2012 | Friday’s ‘Night of Premieres’ delivered series highs for “Gravity Falls” and “Code 9,” and all-new episodes of “My Babysitter’s A Vampire,” “A.N.T. Farm” and “Jessie,” handily vaulting Disney Channel to rank as cable TV’s #1 network in Prime in Total Viewers (2.99 million), towering over #2 network SyFy by a hefty 38% (2.17 million). Disney Channel was also TV’s #1 network in Kids 2-11 (1.89 million/4.6 rating), Kids 6-11 (1.54 million/6.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.27 million/5.3 rating).
- “Hollywood Heights” Moves to TeenNick Starting Tonight
August 13, 2012 | After 40 episodes have aired over the past eight weeks on Nick@Nite, Hollywood Heights will move to TeenNick starting tonight – airing weeknights at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).
- Nickelodeon Cancels “VICTORiOUS”
August 10, 2012 | After learning that iCarly would end this year, we’ve now found out that Dan Schneider’s other live-action series currently on the network, VICTORiOUS, is also ending too.
- Vortexx Announces Programming Line-Up Starting August 25
August 10, 2012 | Today Saban Brands announced new original content from WWE will anchor its programming block, dubbed Vortexx, which debuts nationwide on The CW August 25th. WWE Saturday Morning Slam packs the riveting in-ring action, the larger-than-life WWE Superstars, and WWE's kid-friendly entertainment into the fastest, most energy-filled half-hour on television. WWE Superstar profiles, behind-the-scenes footage and an exclusive WWE match every week will all combine to make WWE Saturday Morning Slam the perfect destination for the youngest viewers in the WWE Universe.
- “WWE Saturday Morning Slam” Premieres Saturday, August 25 on Vortexx
August 9, 2012 | WWE (NYSE: WWE) and Saban Brands today announced a new, weekly half-hour show, WWE Saturday Morning Slam, that will debut on Saturday, August 25 at 10 a.m. WWE Saturday Morning Slam will be part of the television premiere of Vortexx on The CW, a Saturday morning kids’ television block, reaching 114 million U.S. television households. This marks the first time, since 2001, WWE will have a program in a kids’ time slot and reinforces WWE’s commitment to kid-friendly entertainment.
