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Perry White
09-28-2001, 08:40 PM
BURBANK, CA (September 28, 2001) - On Saturday, September 22, Kids' WB! continued to build momentum for its season premiere tomorrow by topping the Saturday morning competition, including cable, to rank #1 among Boys 2-11 (5.0/21) and Boys 6-11 (6.0/27). The network ranked #1 among the broadcast competition in Kids 2-11 (3.5/16), Kids 6-11 (4.1/19) and Girls 2-11
(2.0/10). Among Kids 2-11, Kids' WB! outperformed ABC (1.7/9), CBS (1.7/8) and Fox Kids (1.6/7). Kids' WB! will launch its 2001-2002 diverse and innovative schedule on Saturday, September 29 (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET).

For the morning, Pokemon: Johto League Champions, in its special 10:30 a.m. ET time period, dominated all competition, including cable, to rank as the #1 program among Kids 6-11 (5.6/23), Boys 2-11 (6.7/23) and Kids 2-11 (4.9/19), tying Nickelodeon's "Spongebob: Square Pants" (4.9/21). The anime-adventure series also ranked as the #2 program in Boys 6-11 (7.6/30). At 10:00 a.m. ET, Pokemon: Johto League Champions, ranked as the #2 program for the morning among all competition in Kids 6-11 (5.4/23) and Boys 2-11 (6.6/24), and finished as the #1 program among Boys 6-11 (7.8/32).

Jackie Chan Adventures, in its 9:30 a.m. ET bonus airing, ranked as the #3 broadcast program for the morning among Kids 2-11 (4.2/17), Kids 6-11 (5.0/21), Boys 2-11 (5.6/20) and Boys 6-11 (6.8/27). In its 9:00 a.m. ET time period, the comedy-adventure series Jackie Chan Adventures won among all competition, including cable, in Boys 2-11 (5.5/21), Boys 6-11 (6.6/28) and Kids 6-11 (4.4/20), tying Nickelodeon's "Rugrats" (4.4/19), and ranked #1 among its time period broadcast competition in Kids 2-11 (3.6/15).

Additional Kids' WB! Saturday morning highlights include:

* The stunning 3D-CGI animated series, Cubix, in its new 8:30 a.m. ET time period, led the competition in Boys 2-11 (4.7/21) and Boys 6-11 (6.0/29), and ranked #1 among its time period broadcast competition in Kids 2-11 (2.9/14) and Kids 6-11 (3.5/18).
* A special episode of Cardcaptors, at 11:00 a.m. ET, beat its time
period competition, including cable, to rank #1 among Boys 2-11 (4.6/19) and Boys 6-11 (5.6/27). The series finished #1 among its time period broadcast competition in Kids 2-11 (3.6/16), Kids 6-11 (4.3/20), Girls 2-11 (2.5/12) and Girls 6-11 (3.0/14).

For the week of September 17-21, Kids' WB! beat the broadcast competition to rank #1 among Kids 2-11 (1.5/9), Kids 6-11 (1.5/10), Boys 2-11 (2.1/13), Boys 6-11 (2.2/14) and Girls 2-11 (0.9/5), tying with UPN (0.9/9). Pokemon, in its 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday airing, led the week among the broadcast competition to rank #1 in Kids 2-11 (2.1/11), Kids 6-11 (2.1/12), Boys 2-11 (3.0/16) and Boys 6-11 (3.2/17). Now airing six days a week, Jackie Chan Adventures, at 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, finished the week as the #2 broadcast program in Kids 2-11 (2.0/10), Kids 6-11 (1.9/9), Boys 2-11 (2.8/14), Boys 6-11 (2.8/14) and Girls 2-11 (1.2/6).