‘Gravity Falls’ Finale Sets Disney XD Record
The series finale of Gravity Falls Feb. 15 drew 2.9 million total viewers, according to Nielsen’s live-plus-3 ratings, making it the top telecast in Disney XD history, said the network. It drew 1.5 million children 6-14 and over 900,000 boys 6-14.
The all-day Gravity Falls marathon and finale generated 10.7 million unique total viewers, according to Disney XD.
The show, about brother and sister twins spending the summer with kooky relatives in a mysterious town replete with surreal villains, accounts for Disney XD’s top nine regular animated-series telecasts of all time in kids 6-11.
Alex Hirsch created Gravity Falls, which lasted two seasons, according to Hirsch’s plan from the get-go. The voices of twins Dipper and Mabel Pines came from Jason Ritter and Kristen Schaal, respectively.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.