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Disney Channel just keeps on killing in the ratings racking up their 3rd consecutive ratings victories. Check out the details below for all the numbers.

During the week of April 16, 2012, Disney Channel dominated the competition for the 3rd week in a row, sweeping TV’s #1 rank across key Kids 2-11 (839,000/2.0 rating), Kids 6-11 (531,000/2.2 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (441,000/1.8 rating), and ranking as cable TV’s #1 network for the 3rd consecutive week in Total Viewers (1.49 million). Impressively, this marked Disney Channel’s 45th consecutive week claiming TV’s #1 ranking on a total day basis in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 (dates back to June 13, 2011) and the 7th time in the previous 8 weeks in Kids 2-11. It stood as the #1 cable TV network in Total Viewers for the 6th time in the prior 7 weeks.

Disney Channel recorded double-digit percent wins over Nickelodeon for the 24th consecutive week in Kids 6-11 (+39% – 531,000 vs. 382,000) and for the 26th consecutive week in Tweens 9-14 (+47% – 441,000 vs. 301,000) – marking the network’s longest period on record delivering such substantial victories in the core demographics – and held a double-digit percent advantage for the 2nd time in the previous 3 weeks in Kids 2-11 (+10% – 839,000 vs. 765,000).

In Prime, Disney Channel qualified as the #1 cable TV network on a weekly basis for the 361st consecutive week in Kids 6-11 (1.03 million/4.2 rating), or close to 7 years in the key demographic. In Tweens 9-14 (833,000/3.5 rating), the network was #1 for the 96th straight, and for the 358th time in the previous 361 weeks overall.

Sunday’s all-new “Austin & Ally” stood as the week’s #1 TV telecast in Kids 6-11 (1.25 million/5.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.26 million/5.2 rating), while Saturday morning’s “Monsters, Inc.” was the #1 TV telecast in Kids 2-11 (2.23 million/5.4 rating).

Disney Channel held the week’s #1 TV telecast in Kids 2-11, and 4 of the Top 5 overall:

Disney Channel held the week’s Top 2 TV telecasts in Kids 6-11, and 9 of the Top 10 overall:

Disney Channel owned the week’s #1 TV telecast in Tweens 9-14, and 3 of the Top 4 overall: