"HSM2" Ratings: 17.2 Million Viewers
Posted August 18th, 2007 by Rich Heldenfels
They figured to be big, and Disney says they were ..
Here's the Disney Channel release:
What Time Is It?
Time for Record Breaking Ratings!
"High School Musical 2" Ranks as the Most-Watched
Basic Cable Telecast Ever, Drawing 17.2 Million Viewers
"High School Musical 2" Stands as the Most-Watched
TV Telecast on Record in Kids 6-11
"High School Musical 2" is TV's Most-Watched Entertainment
Telecast of All Time in Tweens 9-14
"High School Musical 2" is TV's Most-Watched Friday
Telecast in Total Viewers in Over 5 Years
Basic Cable's No. 1 Movie Ever, "High School Musical 2" Surpasses
Previous Record Holder TNT's “Crossfire Trail” by 38%
Special Preview of Upcoming Series "Phineas and Ferb" Draws 10.8 Million Total
Viewers
Friday’s All-New "Hannah Montana" Episode Stands as Basic Cable's No.1
Series Telecast on Record in Total Viewers, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14
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– "High School Musical 2" now stands as the most-watched basic cable telecast of
all time in Total Viewers (17.2 million), topping previous record holder, ESPN's
"Monday Night Football" game on 9/23/06 (16.0 million), by 8%.
– "High School Musical 2" now ranks as the most-watched TV telecast ever in
Kids 6-11 (6.1 million), and the most-watched entertainment telecast ever
(behind only Super Bowl in 2004) in Tweens 9-14 (5.9 million).
– "High School Musical 2" ranked as the No. 1 basic cable movie of all time in
Total Viewers (17.2 million), towering above previous record holder, TNT's
"Crossfire Trail" (15.5 million, 1/21/01), by almost two million viewers, or by
38%.
– "High School Musical 2" was TV's No. 1 Friday telecast in more than five years
(since 5/10/02) in Total Viewers.
"Phineas and Ferb" (10:05-10:20 p.m.)
* The special preview of upcoming original series "Phineas & Ferb" generated
Disney Channel's second-largest audience of all time in Total Viewers (10.8
million) and Kids 6-11 (4.2 million), and tied lead-out "Hannah Montana" as the
second-most-watched in Tweens 9-14 (4.2 million).
"Hannah Montana" (10:20-10:45 p.m.)
– Friday's all new "Hannah Montana" episode now stands as basic cable's No. 1
series telecast of all time in Total Viewers (10.7 million), Kids 6-11 (4.2
million) and Tweens 9-14 (4.1 million).
– Friday's all new "Hannah Montana" episode ranked as Disney Channel's third-
highest-rated telecast of all time in Total Viewers (10.7 million) and Kids 6-11
(4.1 million), and tied lead-in "Phineas & Ferb" as the second-most-watched in
Tweens 9-14 (4.2 million).
