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MNE Ep. 65 “Year Three”

Episode #65 marks the beginning of Magic Never Ends YEAR THREE!!

MNE Year One was about discovery.

MNE Year Two was about change and expansion.

MNE Year Three is about…well, the three of us (Will, Shannon, and the Princess Peanut)…and Celebrating the Princess Peanut!!! We’re back to the discovering phase: Discovering what is means to be parents to the Princess Peanut and how to travel to the Disney Parks with a young child. All the challenges but all the fun!

Thanks for making our two years of podcasting a success! We hope you continue to join us for all the fun, silliness and excitement! Plus you might just learn a few things while we entertain you.

On this episode:

Princess Peanut Update
Will catches Shannon up on DPN and Disney news, including reports on Tron and Alice In Wonderland from the 2009 San Diego Comic Con and updates on your favorite Disney Channel Stars
Princess Protection Program and Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana Review and Commentary
Steakhouse 55 Restaurant Review

We close out the episode with much shenanigans so make sure to keep listening!

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Episode Length: 1 hour 31 minutes 34 seconds

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‘Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana’ Becomes Most Watched Scripted Telecast of 2009

Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana

Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 powered the extravaganza event that crossed over stars and storylines from Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck and Hannah Montana into the most watched scripted telecast of 2009. The 90-minute presentation also became cable’s No. 1 telecast in those same demographics. In fact, only NBC’s “Super Bowl XLIII” coverage beat Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana as the most watched TV telecast among Kids 6-11.

Nickelodeon sent it’s First Night of a Weekend-Long 10th Anniversary Spongebob Celebration (which featured an original episode at 8pm) against the Disney Channel telecast and lost big time. Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana dominated the rival network’s event by more than doubling it in Total Viewers (9.3 million viewers versus 3.6 million) and more than tripling in core kid demographics (Kids 6-11: 3.8 million vs. 1.2 million and Tweens 9-14: 3.7 million vs 982,000).

This crossover greatly improved upon the first crossover, That’s Suite Life of Hannah Montana. There’s still the problem of juggling all the characters of three shows. Mostly the minor characters, such as Harper from Wizards of Waverly Place and Oliver, Rico and Jackson from Hannah Montana, stayed on their shows and didn’t crossover. Actually the Suite Life on Deck characters cross-overed to the other two shows. And my only criticism of the event was it had too much of the Suite Life characters, but as their show’s setting was the crossover’s setting, I guess that makes sense. I just really wanted to see some Miley-Selena screen time.

We’ll review more in-depth this record setting cross over event on a future blog post as well as on a future episode of The Magic Never Ends Podcast. Stay tuned!

And if you haven’t seen 2009′s Most Watched Scripted Telecast, or want to see it again, watch it TONIGHT, Sunday, July 19, at 8pm on the Disney Channel.