‘Teen Beach 2’ Ratings Falls Short of Original

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Disney Channel’s Teen Beach 2 movie telecast Friday drew the biggest audience for a cable original movie this year, but couldn’t match the ratings sizzle of the original Teen Beach Movie.

The movie’s average 5.8 million viewers was below the 8.4 million viewers the Teen Beach Movie premiere drew in 2013, according to Nielsen.

The movie, which stars Maia Mitchell (The Fosters) and Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally), drew the biggest audience among kids 6 to 11 (2.5 million viewers) and Tweens 9-14 (2.2 million) since the first Teen Beach Movie, said Disney.

The movie also generated 588,000 views on Watch Disney Channel TV Everywhere app, according to network officials.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.