NICKELODEON WINS THE WEEK WITH KIDS AND TOTAL VIEWERS

Premiere of Nick's Newest Live-Action Hit How to Rock Wins Time Period with All Kid and Tween Demos

Brand-New Educational Preschool Show, Mike the Knight, Debuts at Top Spot on TV with All Kids 2-5

NEW YORK - Feb. 7, 2012 - Nickelodeon nabbed the top spot for the week (1/30/12-2/5/12) as basic cable's top total day net with kids 2-11 (2.6/910,000) and total viewers (1.7 million).

Nickelodeon's latest addition to its hit live-action roster, How to Rock, scored with its Saturday night debut (Feb. 4 at 8:30p.m. ET/PT), drawing 3.3 million total viewers and winning its time period across all TV with kids 6-11 (6.6/1.4 million), tweens 9-14 (6.6/1.4 million) and kids 2-11 (4.9/1.7 million).

Last week, Nickelodeon also premiered its latest educational preschool series, Mike the Knight (Friday, Feb. 3 at 10:30a.m. ET/PT), which drew 1.4 million total viewers and won its timeslot across all TV with kids 2-5 (4.77/665,000). A brand new CG-animated preschool series that invites viewers into a fantastical world of castles, missions, dragons and trolls, Mike the Knight, teaches kids about friendship, loyalty, and determination as they join Mike, a young knight-in-training, on his missions to protect his kingdom, serve his Queen and become a full-fledged knight. ?

The net's weekly win was also fueled by performances from Victorious, which drew 3.6 million total viewers and claimed basic cable's top spot for the week with tweens 9-14 (7.1/1.5 million), with "The Gorilla Club" (Saturday, Feb. 4 at 8:00p.m. ET/PT); followed by How to Rock, whose premiere also took basic cable's number two spot for the week with tweens.

Since their Feb. 5 launch, Victorious', "The Gorilla Club" and How to Rock's "How to Rock a Messy Bet," rank as the number one and two Kids' TV episodes on iTunes.

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