The Debut of “Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation” on Disney Channel Ranks as the Series’ No. 1 Telecast of All Time in Total Viewers, Kids 6-11 and Boys 6-11
“Phineas and Ferb” is Friday’s No. 1 TV Telecast Across All Kid, Boy and Girl Demos, and Cable’s No. 1 Telecast in Total Viewers
Disney Channel Delivers Friday’s Top 9 TV Telecasts in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14
“Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation” (8:00 – 8:40 p.m.)
On the heels of its record-setting premiere on Disney XD, when it launched as the network’s No. 1 telecast of all time across all demos, the Disney Channel premiere of “Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation” (8:00 – 8:40 p.m.) became the series’ most-watched telecast on record in Total Viewers (5.21 million), Kids 6-11 (2.12 million/8.6 rating) and Boys 6-11 (939,000/7.5 rating).
In Total Viewers, Friday’s “Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation” outdelivered the previous series high recently set on 10/16/09 by an impressive 17% (5.21 million vs. 4.45 million). In fact, 5 of the series’ last 6 original airings rank among its Top 6 most-watched ever: 5.21 million – 12/11/09; 4.45 million – 10/16/09; 4.27 million – 11/20/09; 4.13 million – 11/13/09 and 4.01 million – 10/30/09.
“Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation” stood as Friday’s No. 1 TV telecast across all kid, boy and girl demographics, and was cable’s No. 1 telecast of the day in Total Viewers.
Along with lead-in marathon episodes of “Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation,” Disney Channel held Friday’s Top 9 TV telecasts in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14.
As a reminder, “Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation” first premiered on sister-network Disney XD on Sunday, 12/6/09, becoming the network’s No. 1 telecast of all time across all key demos, including Total Viewers (2.62 million), Kids 6-11 (1.11 million and Tweens 9-14 (800,000).
(Source: data and information provided by Disney. – Nielsen Media Research (Preliminary National Ratings, Live + Same Day, 12/11/09). Ratings based on national rating unless otherwise noted.)
