Ratings Are In 6/18/15: Phineas and Ferb finale sets Disney XD record
The ratings are in, and Disney has announced that the Phineas and Ferb one-hour finale entitled ”Last Day of Summer” was the most watched program in Disney XD’s history to the tune of 1.4 million viewers. The 73-hour Phineas and Ferb marathon that preceded the one hour finale drew 10.9 million unique viewers.
This should bode well for Disney XD which also has another one-hour long Phineas and Ferb special premiering this Fall entitled The O.W.C.A. Files which follows Perry the Platypus.
I think it’s rather incredible that despite the fact that Disney XD can lay claim to Phineas and Ferb crossovers with such huge brands as Marvel and Star Wars, that an original telecast from Phineas and Ferb would do just fine without any needed help. We thought the one-hour long finale was pretty damn good, and you can read our review for it here.
[h/t Deadline.com]
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.