For 2015,
Disney Channel is the #1 cable TV network in Total Viewers (1.234 million) in Total Day measurement, a first for the channel and the end of Nickelodeon's long-running streak.
Disney Channelalso delivered its 5th straight yearly win in Kids 6-11 (423,000/1.8 rating), 7th consecutive yearly win in Tweens 9-14 (406,000/1.7 rating) and tied for #1 in Kids 2-11 (1.6 rating). The success was leveraged by the premieres of the
Disney Channel Original Movies "Descendants" and "Teen Beach 2" and the
Disney Junior primetime movie "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" - the year's Top 3 most watched telecasts in Total Viewers across all kids cable TV networks - and the series launches of "BUNK'D" and "K.C. Undercover."
Disney Channel towered over runner-up
Nickelodeon by its largest margin on record in Tweens 9-14 (+92% - 406,000 vs. 212,000) and by its 2nd-largest margin ever in Kids 6-11 (+29% - 423,000 vs. 328,000).
In Primetime,
Disney Channel was a Top 5 cable TV network for the 13th year in a row in Total Viewers (#5 - 1.7 million), and among key kid demographics, was #1 for the 11th-consecutive year in Kids 2-11 (871,000/2.2 rating), 13th-straight year in Kids 6-11 (691,000/2.9 rating) and 15th year running in Tweens 9-14 (627,000/2.6 rating).
Disney's "Descendants" (7/31/15, 8:00 - 10:01 p.m.) was the year's #1 cable TV telecast across major youth Kids 2-11 (6.2 million/15.8 rating), Kids 6-11 (4.9 million/20.7 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (4.4 million/18.1 rating) and the #1 cable TV movie in Total Viewers (12.2 million).
"Descendants" is the #5 original movie in cable TV history in Total Viewers - giving
Disney Channel the historical record of 6 of the Top 7 original cable movies ever - the #6 cable TV telecast of all time across Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 and was the #1 cable TV movie in close to 3 years in Adults 18-49 (3.1 million/2.4 rating).
"Teen Beach 2" (6/26/15, 8:00 - 9:55 p.m.) was the #2 cable TV telecast of the year in Kids 2-11 (4.1 million/10.5 rating), Kids 6-11 (3.4 million/14.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (3.0 million/12.3 rating) and the #2 cable TV movie in Total Viewers (8.1 million).
"The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" (11/22/15, 7:00 - 7:55 p.m.) ranked as the #1 primetime cable TV telecast of 2015 in Kids 2-5 (1.7 million/11.1 rating) - and #2 overall in the target demographic - and was the #1 animated telecast across kid cable-TV networks among Total Viewers (6.1 million), Adults 18-49 (2.1 million/1.6 rating) and Kids 2-11 (3.0 million/7.7 rating).
Overall,
Disney Channel delivered the Top 6 telecasts across kids cable TV networks in Total Viewers, the Top 6 cable TV telecasts in Kids 2-11, Top 5 in Kids 6-11 and Top 10 in Tweens (Top 5 listed):
