On Disney Channel, Descendants 2 ranked as the #1 top-rated cable TV telecast since the original Descendants premiered (July 31, 2015) among all major youth demographics – Kids 2-11 (2.2 million/5.7 rating), Kids 6-11 (1.8 million/7.4 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.9 million/7.7 rating) – and is the #1 most watched telecast across kid cable TV networks since Descendants in Total Viewers (5.3 million).
This now gives Disney Channel the Top 7 rated cable TV telecasts of the past three-and-a-half years in Kids 6-11, the Top 6 cable TV telecasts in Kids 2-11 and the Top 5 most watched kids cable TV telecasts in Total Viewers – since January 18, 2014, and March 29, 2014, respectively.
An inspiring story about the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains, the original Descendants (2015) remains the fifth most-watched movie in cable TV history (12.2 million Total Viewers – Live + 7 Day ratings), reaching well over 100 million Total Viewers worldwide.
The Disney Channel’s Descendants 2 ratings are in and it reached an impressive 13 million Total Viewers with an unprecedented simultaneous premiere (Friday, July 21, 8:00 p.m. EDT) on Disney Channel, ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies as its telecast on Disney Channel was Friday’s #1 scripted TV telecast in Total Viewers (5.3 million).