Craig Crumpton
01-23-2002, 02:13 PM
Scooby-Doo Scares Up Best-Ever CARTOON NETWORK THEATRE
Ratings & Delivery
<b>Cartoon Network Continues as #1 in Prime Time Delivery of Kids 6-11
and Kids 2-11</b>
Scooby-Doo proved he's "Top (cartoon) Dog" once again this weekend,
with Saturday night's record-setting performance for Cartoon Network's
Cartoon Theatre (1/19, 7-9 p.m.), a weekly destination for animated
motion pictures. Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, an original
feature-length film (2001) from Warner Bros. Animation, posted new ratings
and delivery records across the board for the animated movie franchise:
<li>The highest rating and delivery ever among kids 2-11 (7.0,
2,134,000 viewers)
<li>The best-ever rating and delivery among kids 6-11 (6.9, 1,305,000
viewers)
<li>Top ratings and delivery for tweens 9-14 (4.1, 767,000 viewers)
<li>Sunday's encore telecast (1/20, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) earned the
franchise's highest-ever household delivery, with 1,961,000 homes, and
second-highest household rating (2.5)
<b>Additional highlights of the week for Cartoon Network include:</b>
<li>#1 in prime time delivery of target demographics-kids 6-11 and kids
2-11-for the first three weeks of 2002 among all ad-supported cable
networks
<li>Ranking #7 among all ad-supported cable networks in total day
delivery of adults 18-34
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase follows Fred, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne
and the mystery-solving Great Dane as they face their most electrifying
case ever, when they are zapped into a high-tech computer game based
on Mystery, Inc. Additionally, Kids WB! announced (Jan. 15) - <a href="http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17124">press release</a> -
production and pick-up of All New Scooby-Doo! The Animated Series (working
title), a new comedy for Fall 2002 featuring the Scooby gang in all-new
21st Century adventures. The new series also will be telecast
subsequently on Cartoon Network in spring 2003.
Cartoon Network, currently seen in 79.5 million U.S. homes and 145
countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s
24-hour, ad-supported cable service offering the best in animated
entertainment. Cartoon Network's Web site is located at
http://CartoonNetwork.com (AOL Keyword: Cartoon Network).
<i>Cartoon Network press release courtesy of Joe Swaney.</i>
Ratings & Delivery
<b>Cartoon Network Continues as #1 in Prime Time Delivery of Kids 6-11
and Kids 2-11</b>
Scooby-Doo proved he's "Top (cartoon) Dog" once again this weekend,
with Saturday night's record-setting performance for Cartoon Network's
Cartoon Theatre (1/19, 7-9 p.m.), a weekly destination for animated
motion pictures. Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, an original
feature-length film (2001) from Warner Bros. Animation, posted new ratings
and delivery records across the board for the animated movie franchise:
<li>The highest rating and delivery ever among kids 2-11 (7.0,
2,134,000 viewers)
<li>The best-ever rating and delivery among kids 6-11 (6.9, 1,305,000
viewers)
<li>Top ratings and delivery for tweens 9-14 (4.1, 767,000 viewers)
<li>Sunday's encore telecast (1/20, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) earned the
franchise's highest-ever household delivery, with 1,961,000 homes, and
second-highest household rating (2.5)
<b>Additional highlights of the week for Cartoon Network include:</b>
<li>#1 in prime time delivery of target demographics-kids 6-11 and kids
2-11-for the first three weeks of 2002 among all ad-supported cable
networks
<li>Ranking #7 among all ad-supported cable networks in total day
delivery of adults 18-34
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase follows Fred, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne
and the mystery-solving Great Dane as they face their most electrifying
case ever, when they are zapped into a high-tech computer game based
on Mystery, Inc. Additionally, Kids WB! announced (Jan. 15) - <a href="http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17124">press release</a> -
production and pick-up of All New Scooby-Doo! The Animated Series (working
title), a new comedy for Fall 2002 featuring the Scooby gang in all-new
21st Century adventures. The new series also will be telecast
subsequently on Cartoon Network in spring 2003.
Cartoon Network, currently seen in 79.5 million U.S. homes and 145
countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s
24-hour, ad-supported cable service offering the best in animated
entertainment. Cartoon Network's Web site is located at
http://CartoonNetwork.com (AOL Keyword: Cartoon Network).
<i>Cartoon Network press release courtesy of Joe Swaney.</i>