New Family Comedy “Good Luck Charlie” is TV’s No. 1 Telecast for the 3rd Straight Week in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14, and Sunday’s No. 1 Cable Telecast in Total Viewers. “Good Luck Charlie” Delivers Solid Week-to-Week Growth Across All Key Demos. Led by “Good Luck Charlie,” Disney Channel Owns TV’s Top 3 Telecasts in Tweens 9-14, and 2 of the Top 3 in Kids 6-11.
Playhouse Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” Stands Among TV’s Top 10 Programs in Target Kids 2-5 Demo.
Week of April 12, 2010
Delivering the week’s No. 1 TV telecast for the 3rd consecutive week with all-new comedy “Good Luck Charlie,” Disney Channel was cable’s No. 1 network in Prime for the 263rd straight week in Kids 6-11 (974,000/4.0 rating), and for the 259th week in Tweens 9-14 (748,000/3.1 rating). In Total Viewers (2.3 million), Disney Channel was cable’s No. 2 network in Prime, marking the net’s 8th straight week placing among the Top 2 most-watched networks.
For the 3rd consecutive week, “Good Luck Charlie” (Sun., 8:30 – 8:55 p.m.) was the week’s No. 1 TV telecast in Kids 6-11 (1.8 million/7.4 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.7 million/7.1 rating), and stood as Sunday’s No. 1 cable telecast in Total Viewers (4.1 million).
Week to week, Good Luck Charlie grew by 8% in Total Viewers (4.1 million vs. 3.8 million), by 6% in Kids 6-11 (1.8 million vs. 1.7 million) and by 21% in Tweens 9-14 (1.7 million vs. 1.4 million).
In Tweens 9-14, Disney Channel owned TV’s Top 3 telecasts, and 5 of the Top 7 overall: “Good Luck Charlie” (No. 1 – 1.7 million/7.1 rating, Sun., 8:30 – 8:55 p.m.), “Wizards of Waverly Place” (No. 2 – 1.5 million/6.2 rating, Fri., 8:30 – 9:00 p.m.), “Sonny With A Chance” (No. 3T – 1.3 million/5.4 rating, Sun., 8:00 – 8:30 p.m.), “The Suite Life on Deck” (No. 6 – 1.2 million/5.1 rating, Fri., 8:00 – 8:30 p.m.) and “Phineas and Ferb” (No. 7 – 1.2 million/4.9 rating, Fri., 9:00 – 9:30 p.m.).
In Kids 6-11, Disney Channel delivered 2 of TV’s Top 3 telecasts for the week: “Good Luck Charlie” (No. 1 – 1.8 million/7.4 rating, Sun., 8:30 – 8:55 p.m.) and “Wizards of Waverly Place” (No. 3 – 1.6 million/6.7 rating, Fri., 8:30 – 9:00 p.m.).
Playhouse Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” was the week’s No. 7 TV program in target preschoolers aged 2-5 (628,000/3.8 rating).
(Source: ABC – Nielsen Media Research (National Ratings, Live + Same Day, 4/12-4/18/10). Ranks based on 000s, then rating, unless otherwise noted.)
