"High School Musical 2" Shatters Cable Viewing Records
With 17.2 million viewers tuned into Friday night's 9 p.m. premiere, the highlyanticipated movie also was the most-watched basic cable movie of all time, the highest-rated television program ever for children age 6 to 11 and the second-highest-rated television program of all time (behind only the 2004 Super Bowl) for viewers age 9 to 14.
It also was the most-viewed Friday television telecast, cable or broadcast, in the past five years, according to Nielsen. In comparison, the series finale of "The Sopranos" earlier this year drew only 11.9 million viewers on HBO.
Salt Lake Tribune | August 18, 2007 09:23 PM