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Ratings: “Teen Beach 2” Reaches 5.82 Million Viewers; 3.54M for “Best Friends Whenever”

While “Teen Beach 2” easily ranked as cable’s top Friday program, its viewership markedly trailed that of 2013’s “Teen Beach Movie.”

Airing from 8-9:55PM, the sequel drew a 1.03 adults 18-49 rating with 5.823 million viewers. Both numbers trail those drawn by the 2013 original, which posted a 1.2 rating with 8.388 million viewers.

That drop is too significant to ignore. Disney can, however, tout a number of positive achievements associated with its “Teen Beach 2” premiere.

In addition to ranking as Friday’s most-watched cable show, the movie also set two-year cable highs (since “Teen Beach Movie”) in kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14.

“Teen Beach 2” led into the premiere of Disney Channel’s “Best Friends Whenever.” The inaugural episode garnered a 0.59 adults 18-49 rating with 3.536 million viewers.

As a point of comparison, the January premiere of Disney’s “KC Undercover” posted a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating with 3.51 million viewers. It did not, however, receive lead-in support from an original Disney movie.

While the 2014 premiere of “Girl Meets World” (1.3, 5.16 million) did air out of a movie (“Zapped,” 1.0, 5.67), its association with the classic “Boy Meets World” franchise assures the comparison is not apples-to-apples.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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