Just How Popular is High School Musical 2?

The Wildcats roared back onto TV Friday night and boy did they make their mark!

• “High School Musical 2” now stands as the most-watched basic cable telecast of all time in Total Viewers (17.2 million), topping previous record holder, ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” game on 9/23/06 (16.0 million), by 8%.

• “High School Musical 2” now ranks as the most-watched TV telecast ever in Kids 6-11 (6.1 million), and the most-watched entertainment telecast ever (behind only Super Bowl in 2004) in Tweens 9-14 (5.9 million).

• “High School Musical 2” ranked as the No. 1 basic cable movie of all time in Total Viewers (17.2 million), towering above previous record holder, TNT’s “Crossfire Trail” (15.5 million, 1/21/01), by almost two million viewers, or by 38%.

• “High School Musical 2” was TV’s No. 1 Friday telecast in more than five years (since 5/10/02) in Total Viewers.

Come on, you watched - you know you did! What did you think?