NICKELODEON'S "HAUNTED THUNDERMANS" SPECIAL IS WEEK'S TOP ENTERTAINMENT TELECAST WITH KIDS

SpongeBob SquarePants is Top Kids Show with Total Viewers for the Week; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wins with Boys in its Time Period

NEW YORK-Oct. 14, 2014 -The premiere of Nickelodeon's "Haunted Thundermans" crossover Halloween special (Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), featuring the casts of Nick's hit live-action series The Haunted Hathaways and The Thundermans, topped the second week of October (10/6/14-10/12/14) as the number-one entertainment program with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and drew 2.5M total viewers. The hour-long special episode also posted double-digit year-over-year gains for the net with K2-11 (+38%) and total viewers (+29%).

In animation, SpongeBob SquarePants was the week's top kids program with total viewers, scoring 2.7M P2+. Sanjay and Craig placed was the number-two animated kids program with total viewers (2.4M P2+). Additionally, a brand-new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Friday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. ET/PT) ranked number-one in its time period with Boys 2-11 (2.4/386K) and Boys 6-11 (2.9/281K).

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