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Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for January 17 – 23, 2011

Author: Nickandmore!

via Turner press notes:

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Last week, Cartoon Network achieved the #1 destination on  all television among Boys 9-14 on Friday night (7-9 p.m.), which charted  double-digit growth among kids and boys 9-14 versus the same time period last  year.  The animated action-adventure block earned 29% delivery  gains among kids 9-14 (468,000) and 27% ratings gains (1.9).   Across the block, boys 9-14 delivery (391,000) surged by 44% and  ratings (3.1) by 41%, while boys 6-11 delivery (464,000) grew by 4% and  ratings (3.7) by 6%.

Leading the Friday night line-up, YOUNG  JUSTICE (7 p.m.)  scored 22% growth among kids 9-14 (495,000)  and 18% growth among ratings (2.0).  Boys 9-14 delivery (382,000)  increased by 26% and ratings (3.1) by 29%.  Even more  impressive, BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE (7:30 p.m.) achieved 27% growth  among kids 9-14 delivery (387,000), 23% growth among ratings (1.6), and  56% growth among boys 9-14 delivery (345,000) and ratings (2.8).   And to crown the evening, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (8:30 p.m.)  improved kids 9-14 delivery (603,000) and ratings (2.5) by 39%, and  boys 9-14 delivery (491,000) and ratings (3.9) by 44%.

Overall  across the fourth week of January 2011, Cartoon Network earned 2% early evening prime time (7-9 p.m.) delivery growth among kids 9-14  (377,000) while ratings remained unchanged, and 2% total day (6  a.m.-9 p.m.) delivery growth among kids 9-14 (258,000) and 10% growth  in ratings (1.1).

Monday night animated comedies (7-9 p.m.) also  attracted significant growth among older kids vs. the same time period last  year: kids 9-14 delivery (521,000) expanded by 23% and ratings (2.1) by  24%, and boys 9-14 delivery (397,000) expanded by 29% and  ratings (3.2) by 28%.  Adventure Time (8 p.m.) continued  its positive ratings trajectory, earning 16% delivery gains among kids  6-11 (758,000) and 67% delivery gains among kids 9-14 (604,000).   Boys 6-11 delivery (555,000) grew by 21% and boys 9-14 delivery  (474,000) grew by 80%.  Regular Show (8:15 p.m.) earned  across-the-board double and triple-digit delivery gains as well—kids 2-11  delivery (996,000) increased by 10%, 6-11 delivery (790,000) increased  by 33%, kids 9-14 delivery (692,000) increased by 135%, boys  2-11 delivery (759,000) increased by 25%, boys 6-11 delivery (609,000)  increased by 44% and boys 9-14 delivery (559,000) increased by  146%.

Wednesday night’s alternative live-action series DUDE,  WHAT WOULD HAPPEN (8 p.m.) scored significant audience improvement as well  vs. the same time period last year.  Kids 6-11 delivery (524,000) grew by  15%, kids 9-14 delivery (370,000) grew by 30%, boys 2-11  delivery (503,000) grew by 7%, boys 6-11 delivery (437,000) grew by  23% and boys 9-14 delivery (284,000) grew by 23%.   Immediately following, Destroy Build Destroy (8:30 p.m.) charted  kids 9-14 delivery gains of 15% (314,000) and 14% delivery gains  among boys 9-14 (248,000).

Finally, a premiere episode of POKÉMON:  DP SINNOH LEAGUE (Saturday, 8 a.m.) earned 6% delivery improvement  among kids 9-14 (320,000) and 8% ratings improvement (1.3), and  10% improvement among both boys 9-14 delivery (274,000) and ratings  (2.2).