via press release:
Cross-Over Event “Austin & Jessie & Ally: All Star New Year”
Hits All the Right Notes with Nearly 5 Million Total Viewers
~#1 Cable TV Telecast in Total Viewers; #1 TV Telecast Across Target Kids
Season 4 Premiere of “Phineas and Ferb” Rises to Near 4-Month High,
Standing as TV’s #2 Telecast in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14
Disney Channel Airs Friday’s Top 5 Scripted Cable TV Telecasts in Total Viewers, Top 7 TV Telecasts in Kids 2-11, Top 11 in Kids 6-11 and Top 16 in Tweens
Friday, December 7, 2012
Featuring a 1-hour cross-over event with “Austin & Jessie & Ally: All Star New Year” and the Season 4 premiere of “Phineas and Ferb,” Disney Channel was handily Friday’s #1 TV network for the entire day in Kids 2-11 (1.2 million/3.0 rating), Kids 6-11 (738,000/3.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (586,000/2.5 rating), and cable TV’s #1 network in Total Viewers (2.0 million).
- At 8 o’clock, “Austin & Jessie & Ally” stood as Friday’s #1 cable TV telecast in Total Viewers (4.8 million) and TV’s #1 telecast in Kids 2-11 (2.9 million/7.3 rating), Kids 6-11 (2.3 million/9.9 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (2.0 million/8.4 rating).
- At 9 o’clock, the Season 4 debut of “Phineas and Ferb” delivered close to 4-month highs in Total Viewers (3.7 million), Kids 2-11 (2.2 million/5.6 rating), Kids 6-11 (1.8 million/7.4 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.4 million/5.7 rating) – since 8/24/12. Moreover, it ranked as the series’ #3 telecast of 2012 to date in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14, and #4 in Total Viewers.
- Overall, Disney Channel delivered Friday’s Top 5 scripted cable TV telecasts in Total Viewers, the Top 7 TV telecasts in Kids 2-11, the Top 11 in Kids 6-11 and Top 16 in Tweens 9-14
(Source: Nielsen Media Research (National Ratings, Live + Same Day, 12/7/12).
Good to see. Another hit for Disney channel.
Wow. Not only did this special suck, it’s ratings really weren’t that impressive.
@Twist of Fate
To me, this crossover, and the Phineas and Ferb episode, were aired WAAAAAAAAY too early! They were both technically new years themed specials; you don’t air new years specials on December 7th! You Disney people couldn’t wait until at least December 28th; the Friday before New Years Eve?
Disney usually does it a few weeks early so they can do repeats.
A fairly odd Christmas aired in November
@Melvin
That’s different. Nick did the right thing by airing Fairly Odd Christmas after Thanksgiving (November 29, I believe); the time where everyone starts to focus on Christmas. But this New Years crossover & P&F episode aired at a time when we’re all still focused on Christmas; which is just awkward.
Can’t we focus on one holiday at a time? TV specials aren’t debuted in the same manner as holiday themed commercials.
This was such a cute special. Disney Channel has a really great lineup at the moment.
Yay for Phineas and Ferb, Jessie and Austin & Ally! I love these shows!
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The Austin&Jessie&Ally special sucked, it didn’t really have a great climax nor did it have a good purpose when they added what happened after he sang in “Time Square”. Had no story at all.
AUSIN&JESSIE&ALLY WAS LIKE THE BEST ONE YET!!!!!!!!!I LIKED IT WHEN EMMA STOLL AUSIN’S SHOE:):):):):):)I AM A BIG FAN.”I AM 9″