Tag Archives: High School Musical 2

Celebrity Casting Call

Why mess with success? With Disney’s High School Musical 2, attracting 17.24 million viewers on Friday (making it the single most-watched basic cable telecast in history), why wouldn’t producers follow it up with another sequel to the sequel? Plug your ears and brace yourself for the blood-curdling screams that will come from tweens across the country when they learn High School Musical 3 is in the works – as is a movie feature that will play in theaters. And High School Musical 4 is in the planning stages. Also on tap for the Disney Channel: the upcoming debut of High … Continue reading →

Pop Culture Potporrui: Movie News

Did you have any doubt that Disney’s “High School Musical 2” would NOT shatter records? (You wouldn’t have if you had read my previous blogs.) It was a date with Disney shared by millions of tweens and teens across the country. Make that multi-millions. According to Nielsen Media Research, Friday night’s premiere of “High School Musical 2” on The Disney Channel drew an astounding 17.2 million viewers, making the made-for-TV movie the most-watched basic cable telecast in history. What’s more, it also became basic cable’s highest-rated movie ever, bumping TNT’s 2001 Western “Crossfire” from the record book. The original “High … Continue reading →

Friday Night Date With Disney—“We’re All In This Together…”

If you are related to, friends with, live next to, or have an association with any female “tween” in the United States then you likely know what major event is taking place on Friday, August 17th. That’s right; in roughly 118 hours (and counting) Gabriella, Troy, and crew will return to the Disney Channel for the premiere of “High School Musical 2.” (Insert blood-curdling screams from excited tweens across the country.) Not since the countdown to the last days of school has there been this much clock monitoring. Among the elementary-school-aged girls in my extended family the invitations have been … Continue reading →