'Jonas' premiere does well, but it's no 'Hannah Montana'
Disney Channel's "Jonas" debut blow-out Saturday was strong, but didn't bring the expected stellar ratings expected by those familiar with the hoopla surrounding the Jonas Brothers and the likes of "Hannah Montana's" Miley Cyrus.
"Jonas," which premiered from 8-3:30 p.m. on May 2, was TV's No. 1 program for the night among the small fry (kids 6-11, 1.6 million), tweens (kids 9-14, 1.6 million) and girl demos, and earned Disney Channel its best ratings in the half hour in the past eight months with 4 million total viewers.
And while it fared well (especially in girl demos) opposite its direct competition, "Fairly OddParents: Wishology, Part 2" on Nickelodeon, when compared to the April 19 original outing of "Hannah Montana" (2.1 million among tweens) and the Nickelodeon competitor's "iCarly" original episodes from April (averaging 1.8 million among tweens), "Jonas" comes up a tad short.
The "Hannah Montana" April 19 episode also surpassed "Jonas" among the kids 6-11 demo (2.0 million).
But hey, just because Miley Cyrus and Miranda Cosgrove kicked their butts, doesn't mean the Jonas Brothers are doing badly. They're pretty solid. Overall, "Jonas" is certainly competitive, holding its own against so-called "robust counter programming" and improving upon year-ago time period averages, more than doubling total viewers and kids 6-11 and more than tripling the network's tween viewers.
Did you watch? What did you think? Do you like the other Disney Channel shows better?
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I loved the show! It was amazing. My whole family even enjoyed it! I can't wait for the next episode. (:
...I liked it better than any DC Show!
I have to echo Katie's comment. My family loved the show too. It's probably the best Disney Channel show out there. Can't wait for each Sa****ay night!
What the hell are the Jonas Brothers?
I watched it with my daughter and we thought it was terrible.
i didnt see it, but i saw a preveiw.stupid.should have kept the laugh track.lol. it wasnt funny.
I didnt watch it, and I dont think Im ever going to.
I saw their "sneek previews" and let me tell you, I think they weren't that great.
People know that Disney & Nick will rerun their shows over & over, so there's no urgency to watch them.
I loved it. I'm a fan of theirs anyway, but regardless of that, it was still really entertaining, really funny. I have my DV-R set to record it each week.
personally, it should be expected that with any disney channel show it is going to have a certain cheesiness factor to it. with that said i think it should also be mentioned that the point of this show was to entertain their fans and for the true fans this show was great. There are hidden innuwindow's of actual real life facts of the brothers (example: when the show made fun of Nick actually smiling) i got the biggest kick out of this bc its true that he never really smiles. so anyway the show does have more than just a little kids spin to it. overall needless to say i will be tuning in on a regular basis