Craig Crumpton
09-10-2002, 04:26 PM
According to Zap2It.com (http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?28018), the Friday, September 6th premiere of Nickelodeon's new series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/display_show.jhtml?show_id=jim) set an all-time ratings record for Nick in total viewers and its target audience.
The series is a spinoff of the 2001 movie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, a 100% computer-animated feature film about a boy with a big brain whose inventions sometimes work differently than Jimmy intended them to.
"About 4.3 million people watched the show's debut," reports Zap2It, "putting it ahead of several offerings on the broadcast networks that night, including CBS' 'NFL Kickoff Concert' and The WB's 'Reba.' It was the most-watched premiere in Nick's 23-year history, surpassing 'ChalkZone's' 4 million viewers last March."
Among kids 2-11, Nick's core audience, Jimmy Neutron "scored a 9.3 rating/33 share and 2.9 million viewers, both records for the channel."
[Thanks to "j" for the heads-up.]
The following is the official press release from Nickelodeon:
Drawing a third of all kids watching cable TV last Friday night and placing first with kids among broadcast and basic-cable television, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, raked in record ratings for its Friday, Sept. 6, 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) debut. Ranking as Nickelodeon’s highest-rated premiere in the network’s 23-year history, Jimmy Neutron easily established itself among the gallery of Nick hits that includes SpongeBob SquarePants and the network’s previous premiere record-holder, ChalkZone.
Jimmy Neutron scored a 9.3/33 rating and share (2.9 million kid viewers) among its target kids 2-11 audience—an increase of +37% in rating over prior-year levels and a rise of +8% over the ChalkZone record (8.6/27 kids 2-11 rating and share; 2.8 million kid viewers) set in March. Among total viewers, Jimmy Neutron also ranks as the network’s most-watched premiere ever, delivering 4.3 million persons 2+, +48% more than the prior-year levels. The program eclipsed the previous record of 4 million total viewers, also set by ChalkZone last March, by +6%.
Jimmy Neutron first shot to stardom on the big screen last fall in the Oscar-nominated Nickelodeon Movies/Paramount Pictures feature film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Jimmy Neutron (voiced by Debi Derryberry) is a 10-year-old kid with a super-charged brain and a knack for inventing gadgets that make life easier. In his secret underground lab, Jimmy has created everything from a laser-guided toothbrush and automatic hairstyler to his beloved robotic dog, Goddard. Sometimes, however, these inventions malfunction, sending Jimmy off on unexpected adventures in his hometown of Retroville. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, is produced at DNA Productions in Dallas, Texas.
Craig Crumpton -- voiceroy@yahoo.com
Toon Zone News
The series is a spinoff of the 2001 movie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, a 100% computer-animated feature film about a boy with a big brain whose inventions sometimes work differently than Jimmy intended them to.
"About 4.3 million people watched the show's debut," reports Zap2It, "putting it ahead of several offerings on the broadcast networks that night, including CBS' 'NFL Kickoff Concert' and The WB's 'Reba.' It was the most-watched premiere in Nick's 23-year history, surpassing 'ChalkZone's' 4 million viewers last March."
Among kids 2-11, Nick's core audience, Jimmy Neutron "scored a 9.3 rating/33 share and 2.9 million viewers, both records for the channel."
[Thanks to "j" for the heads-up.]
The following is the official press release from Nickelodeon:
Drawing a third of all kids watching cable TV last Friday night and placing first with kids among broadcast and basic-cable television, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, raked in record ratings for its Friday, Sept. 6, 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) debut. Ranking as Nickelodeon’s highest-rated premiere in the network’s 23-year history, Jimmy Neutron easily established itself among the gallery of Nick hits that includes SpongeBob SquarePants and the network’s previous premiere record-holder, ChalkZone.
Jimmy Neutron scored a 9.3/33 rating and share (2.9 million kid viewers) among its target kids 2-11 audience—an increase of +37% in rating over prior-year levels and a rise of +8% over the ChalkZone record (8.6/27 kids 2-11 rating and share; 2.8 million kid viewers) set in March. Among total viewers, Jimmy Neutron also ranks as the network’s most-watched premiere ever, delivering 4.3 million persons 2+, +48% more than the prior-year levels. The program eclipsed the previous record of 4 million total viewers, also set by ChalkZone last March, by +6%.
Jimmy Neutron first shot to stardom on the big screen last fall in the Oscar-nominated Nickelodeon Movies/Paramount Pictures feature film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Jimmy Neutron (voiced by Debi Derryberry) is a 10-year-old kid with a super-charged brain and a knack for inventing gadgets that make life easier. In his secret underground lab, Jimmy has created everything from a laser-guided toothbrush and automatic hairstyler to his beloved robotic dog, Goddard. Sometimes, however, these inventions malfunction, sending Jimmy off on unexpected adventures in his hometown of Retroville. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, is produced at DNA Productions in Dallas, Texas.
Craig Crumpton -- voiceroy@yahoo.com
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