Disney's "Cheetah" leaves all shows in dust

[MickeyTigg]

Reuters
August 29, 2006

"The Cheetah Girls 2" is off and running at Disney Channel, where the original cable TV movie amassed 7.8 million total viewers Friday -- more than any program on TV that day.

"Cheetah" even blazed past the debut of Disney's "High School Musical," the pop-culture phenomenon that drew 7.7 million viewers in January.

While it's the highest-rated original movie on the network in total viewers, it fell short of breaking the mark in the key demos of kids 6-11 and 9-14, where the 2002 film "Cadet Kelly" still rules.

"Cheetah," which stars Disney star Raven-Symone ("That's So Raven") as a member of an all-girl band that travels to Spain, exceeded all broadcast competition that day, with CBS series "Numbers" a distant second with 6 million.

"Cheetah" also propelled Disney to its most-watched total day and primetime ever in total viewers. The movie scored a massive 61 national share in the girls 9-11 demo.

 

[darthjohnny]

Wow!

 

[rbrower]

Wow!
But I bet whenever High School Musical 2 comes out, it will knock that out!
Just a prediction.

 

[prberk]

I guess that they will start to drive this into the ground, like they do everything else on TDC.

Don't get me wrong: I actually like that fact that good, family films do so well. I just wish that the Disney Channel would learn the sometimes less is more. Keeping them wanting more... and in the meantime, keep the variety on the channel.

 

[AEfx]

Check out this article at E! Online. It seems they did very well.

I thought it was a pretty uneven picture...I felt bad for the poor tall girl who's only real contribution to the film was making jokes about eating a lot of food. It was entertaining, but I kept being surprised about how low budget it felt. Quite the opposite of, obviously, a theatrical release like "The Lizzy Maguire Movie", which actually had a bit in common with this film theme wise.

Were they really in Spain very much? Most of the Spain scenes felt like they were on a soundstage. Also had a very compressed cast (only two parents, etc).

There I go, dissing it again...it wasn't bad, and I haven't deleted it off the TiVo yet...but I don't think I'll be picking up the DVD.

I think the only thing that is safe to assume, however, is that this is not the last Cheetah-licious film we'll see from these ladies.

AEfx

 

[darthjohnny]

Check out this article at E! Online. It seems they did very well.

I thought it was a pretty uneven picture...I felt bad for the poor tall girl who's only real contribution to the film was making jokes about eating a lot of food. It was entertaining, but I kept being surprised about how low budget it felt. Quite the opposite of, obviously, a theatrical release like "The Lizzy Maguire Movie", which actually had a bit in common with this film theme wise.

Were they really in Spain very much? Most of the Spain scenes felt like they were on a soundstage. Also had a very compressed cast (only two parents, etc).

There I go, dissing it again...it wasn't bad, and I haven't deleted it off the TiVo yet...but I don't think I'll be picking up the DVD.

I think the only thing that is safe to assume, however, is that this is not the last Cheetah-licious film we'll see from these ladies.

AEfx

Disney Channel Original Movies don't usually have a major budget. But enough so it doesn't look cheap. I think many scenes were done in a sound stage, since it would have been very expensive to shoot on location in Spain. But maybe that is why it seemed like it didn't have a big budget, because they spent all the money going to Spain. They left out some people from the last movie, and just took the important ones for this film. I think they will make a Cheetah's 3. I think the biggest problem is Raven-Symone's schedule. It's not like she feels she's too good for the Cheetah girls, it is just that Raven is busy promoting her own music.