Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana Ratings
Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana was a ratings blockbuster scoring a 9.3 making it the highest rated cable program of the year, and besting everything else the channel has premiered since HSM2!
I’d like to site two articles. The first is from Reuters.
Disney Channel’s crossover special “Wizards on Deck With Hannah Montana” was the most-watched scripted telecast on cable so far this year.
The 90-minute Friday night event, which featured episodes of “Hannah Montana,” “The Suite Life on Deck” and “Wizards of Waverly Place,” was seen by a massive 9.3 million viewers. It also marked TV’s top scripted telecast this year among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. Disney Channel out delivered second-place CBS for the evening by than 4 million viewers.
The program marked the best time-period numbers for Disney Channel since the 2007 premiere of “High School Musical 2.” It also topped previous network crossover events, drawing 82% more viewers than 2007′s “Cory in the House,” “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” and “Hannah Montana” mash-up, and 41% more than 2006′s “That’s So Raven,” “Zack & Cody” and “Hannah Montana” combo.
And the second is from is from TV Guide.
Disney Channel’s Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana Friday-night crossover event drew 9.3 million viewers, claiming a variety of ratings records.
First and foremost, the 90-minute intermingling of the channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck and Hannah Montana established itself as cable’s most-watched scripted program of the year to date, edging out Disney’s own Princess Protection Program (which premiered last month).
Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana’s strong showing also gave Disney Channel the honor of being TV’s most-watched network during its 90-minute run.
Disney also notes that in head-to-head competition during the 8 o’clock hour, WoDwHM more than doubled the audience for the opening night of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants 10th anniversary celebration.
Compared to Disney’s past multi-show mergers, Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana improved upon 2007′s Cory in the House-Suite Life of Zack & Cody-Hannah mash-up by 82 percent, and bested 2006′s That’s So Raven-Suite Life-Hannah crossover by 41 percent.
It looks like Debby Ryan got the best of SpongBob this time! 
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 am
The 9.3 is a confirmed number from Nielsen.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
… I still love that picture of Debby and SpongeBob.
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 am
Yeah just hope Disney doesn’t see it. KP could be just as popular as this sponge is only she was pushed more. Kim could have easily gone more than 4 seasons and she was and still is the front runner for animation from Disney. Oh well maybe we should shove this pic back in Disney’s face and say look one of your stars is with the competition and that is animation. Long live the yellow sponge 10 years and more.
July 25th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Finally got to watch the three-show Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana. So, after the the second part, what happened to the Russos? They disappeared without a trace leaving me wondering.
As for Spongebob, he’ll be cleaning up the animation competition for awhile yet. Last I heard, Disney was claiming Phineas and Ferb to be No. 1 … so I thought. Oh, and I guess Nick’s iCarly has Disney’s No. 1 HM beat.
July 25th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I assume they went ashore with everyone else who was on the boat. It would have been nice if someone else had at least acknowledged them, though.
July 26th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
That’s what I “assumed.” It’s sad, though, that the audience was left to assume. At least at the end of the first episode we know what happened to Harper — she was sent home (or to Rome).
July 26th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I am still kinda ticked that Alex and Hannah didn’t get a face-to-face meeting.
July 26th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Now that I think about it, I don’t think it was an equal three-way meeting. It was WOWP meets SLOD and HM meets SLOD, but no WOWP meets HM. Unless I missed something.
July 27th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Exactly no WoWP meets HM. I don’t think we will see a Alex/Hannah on screen meet. There could still be some tension. It was kinda not cool to leave fans hanging on where the Russo’s went and why they didn’t want to see HM in concert.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
We did learn that Alex doesn’t like Hannah. Which didn’t really come as a surprise.
But I really wanted a reference to how Alex looks a lot like Mikaela.
And did anyone go back an watch Selena’s guest staring role on The Suite Life as Gwen? After I saw it, I was like, Zach kissed her, and he still doesn’t comment on how Alex and Gwen look alike? They’re missing out on all the good inside jokes!
July 27th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I would also have liked to have seen Alex meeting Lola (she was never Lilly on the ship).
At least on the SWAC episode where Selena plays Selena there were a number of good inside jokes. Now that Selena has played Selena playing the roll of Sonny, Disney needs to get Demi on WOWP playing Demi and add inside jokes involving Alex.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
I don’t think that Alex and Demi would get along very well. Justin and Demi, that would be interesting.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
You two both have very good points here. It would be great mixing all these ‘inside’ parody’s but maybe saved for another time