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With 7.5 million Total Viewers, 'Toy Story 2' was the most-watched cable telecast of the week, and was also the week's No. 1 telecast on TV with Kids 2-5 (1.1 million/6.8 rating), Kids 6-11 (2.2 million/9.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (2.0 million/8.2 rating).

Disney Channel ranked No. 1 in Prime in Kids 6-11 (829,000/3.4 rating) and Kids 6-14 (1.0 million/2.8 rating), marking the net's 266th consecutive win in Kids 6-11 and 263rd straight win in Kids 6-14.

With original episodes of 'The Suite Life on Deck,' 'Wizards of Waverly Place' and 'Good Luck Charlie,' May 2010 finished as Disney Channel's most-watched May ever in Total Day in Total Viewers (1.5 million), Kids 6-11 (525,000/2.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (459,000/1.9 rating).

Disney/ABC Television Group will launch Disney Junior, a new multiplatform brand and 24-hour basic cable/satellite channel and online site devoted to preschool-age children. Scheduled to debut in the U.S. in 2012, Disney Junior will invite mom and dad to join their child in the Disney experience of magical, musical and heartfelt stories and characters, both classic and new, while incorporating specific learning and development themes designed for kids age 2-7.

Boasting the week's Top 2 telecasts in Tweens 9-14 with 'Good Luck Charlie' and 'Sonny With a Chance,' Disney Channel was TV's No. 1 network in Total Day for the 4th consecutive week in the key demo (472,000/1.9 rating - tie).

Producer Scott Sanders announced today that film and television icon Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) will bring his signature brand of hilarious mayhem to Broadway for a special six-week limited engagement of the acclaimed stage play, The Pee-wee Herman Show.

Disney Channel was TV's No. 1 network in Total Day for the 3rd straight week in Tweens 9-14 (464,000/1.9 rating), and ranked No. 1 in Prime in Kids 6-11 (1.0 million/4.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (832,000/3.4 rating). In Prime, this week marked the net's 263rd consecutive win in Kids 6-11, and its 259th victory out of 260 weeks in Tweens 9-14.

VH1's five-time Emmy Award-nominated documentary series 'Behind The Music' returns with seven of today's most successful and important artists who have all had a major impact on the music world. Narrated by Jim Forbes, the series gives viewers an inside look into the personal and professional lives of some of today's hottest artists. Featured this season are DMX, Christina Aguilera, Eve, Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez and Usher. Beginning on Monday, June 7 at 8:00 PM* with 'Behind The Music: DMX,' the series goes full throttle with the stories, footage and music behind some of the most interesting and talented individuals in the music industry today.

Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino ('Ratatouille,' 'Up') will guide audience members through some of the most inspired and memorable uses of classical music in animation in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 'What's Opera, Doc? Animation and Classical Music' on Friday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. He will be joined by Academy Music Branch governor Bruce Broughton ('Silverado,' 'The Rescuers Down Under') and Oscar-winning animated feature director Pete Docter ('Monsters, Inc.,' 'Up').

Boasting the week's No. 1 TV telecast in Tweens 9-14 with 'Good Luck Charlie,' Disney Channel was the No. 1 network in Total Day for the 2nd consecutive week in the key demo (443,000/1.8 rating - tie). In Prime, Disney Channel was cable's No. 1 network in Kids 6-11 (906,000/3.7 rating), Tweens 9-14 (767,000/3.1 rating) and Kids 6-14 (1.2 million/3.3 rating). This week marked the net's 262nd consecutive win in Kids 6-11 and 259th straight win in Kids 6-14, with the streak at 258 out of 259 weeks with Tweens 9-14.

Season subscriptions are now available for the Firehouse Theatre's 2010-11 season, a dynamic set of four performances that will begin in September and run through April 2011.

Disney Channel was TV's No. 1 network in Total Day in Tweens 9-14 (432,000/1.8 rating - tie), and ranked No. 1 in Prime in Kids 6-11 (880,000/3.6 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (720,000/3.0 rating). In Prime, this week marked the net's 261st consecutive win in Kids 6-11, and 257th victory out of 258 weeks in Tweens 9-14. Among Kids 6-14, Disney Channel's dominance of Prime extended to 261 straight weeks.

Delivering TV's Top 3 telecasts with multiple airings of 'Good Luck Charlie,' Disney Channel's reign as cable's No. 1 network in prime extended to 62 consecutive months in Kids 6-14 (1.3 million/3.4 rating) -- since March 2005.

Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino ('Ratatouille,' 'Up') will guide audience members through some of the most inspired and memorable uses of classical music in animation in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 'What's Opera, Doc? Animation and Classical Music' on Friday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. He will be joined by Academy Music Branch governor Bruce Broughton ('Silverado,' 'The Rescuers Down Under') and Oscar-winning animated feature director Pete Docter ('Monsters, Inc.,' 'Up').

David Arquette has joined the cast of Disney Television Animation's upcoming 'Jake and the Never Land Pirates,' an interactive series for preschoolers that follows the adventures of classic characters Captain Hook and Smee, along with a new crew of kid pirates led by the enthusiastic and courageous Jake. Arquette will voice the role of Skully, the lookout pirate parrot who helps Jake and crew foil Captain Hook's plans. 'Modern Family's' Ariel Winter lends her voice to the recurring role of Marina the mermaid. The series will premiere on Playhouse Disney-branded blocks and channels around the world in 2011.

Delivering the week's No. 1 TV telecast for the 3rd consecutive week with all-new comedy 'Good Luck Charlie,' Disney Channel was cable's No. 1 network in Prime for the 263rd straight week in Kids 6-11 (974,000/4.0 rating), and for the 259th week in Tweens 9-14 (748,000/3.1 rating). In Total Viewers (2.3 million), Disney Channel was cable's No. 2 network in Prime, marking the net's 8th straight week placing among the Top 2 most-watched networks.

Home to TV's No. 1 telecast in target kid demos for the 2nd week in a row with 'Good Luck Charlie,' Disney Channel ranked No. 1 in Prime for the 262nd straight week in Kids 6-11 (1.1 million/4.3 rating), with the streak at 258 weeks in Tweens 9-14 (818,000/3.4 rating).

Disney Channel Claims its Most-Watched March Ever in Total Day in Total Viewers, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14

Playhouse Disney Live!, the first live touring stage production featuring favorite characters from four shows in Disney Channel's popular Playhouse Disney program block for preschoolers, is coming to Columbus.

Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records presents the songwriting team of Jeremy Desmon and Vadim Feichtner in an evening of Desmon & Feichtner Continue To Disappoint Their Parents, at Joe's Pub on Monday, March 22 at 9:30p.m., a raucous concert brimming with original songs of love and dysfunction.