Another 6.2 million people watched reruns of “Descendants” on either Saturday morning or Sunday night, Nielsen said.
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1 cable movie of 2015 in total viewers and it gives Disney Channel the 17 most-watched cable movie TV premieres since L+3 became available in January 2007.
Tween offspring of the kids of Maleficent (Kristin Chenoweth), the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella de Vil have never left the “Isle of the Lost” where they were raised.
The story, from director and choreographer Kenny Ortega of the “High School Musical” franchise, is an original tale featuring reinvented classic Disney characters in a modern story. The three Disney Channel telecasts reached roughly 15.5 million unique viewers, including 6.1 million kids 2-11 and 4.9 million adults 18-49). TNT had 1.8 million, Fox News Channel had 1.63 million, USA had 1.6 million and TBS had 1.59 million.
NBC was second for the week, averaging 4.85 million viewers, followed by ABC (3.93 million) and Fox (2.04 million).
The “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” was the most-watched network nightly newscast for the sixth consecutive week, averaging 7.83 million viewers. Berman has appeared on camera for “Extra”, “Entertainment Tonight”, “Access Hollywood”, “The CBS Evening News”, CNN, and more; and was the author of 2014 desk calendar, “This Day in TV History”.
The week’s 10 most-watched prime-time programs were NBC’s “America’s Got Talent”; CBS’ “60 Minutes”; ABC’s “The Bachelorette”; CBS’ “NCIS”; ABC’s “The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose”; NBC’s “America’s Got Talent: 10 Year Anniversary Special”; CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” and “Zoo”; Disney Channel’s “Descendants“; and the Thursday edition of CBS’ “Big Brother”. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
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