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High School Musical 2 Makes Television History
Monday August 20, 2007

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Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens at Nickelodeon's 20th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in Westwood, CA. March 31, 2007.
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The premiere of Disney Channel movie High School Musical 2 drew 17.2 million viewers on Friday, making it the most-watched basic cable telecast of all time.

The television phenomenon starring Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens was also the most-watched program on any channel (including broadcast networks) in the past 3 months.

Overall, "Musical 2" was the most watched program on television since the season finale of Fox's hit drama "House" logged 17.26 million viewers on May 29, according to Nielsen Media Research and the Hollywood Reporter.

"We had so much fun on the set -- the movie is really a by-product of us hanging out,” Efron recently told CosmoGIRL! of making the sequel. “A lot of the funny parts are total improv. The lines aren't even in the script -- we just made them up!"

A High School Musical 3 TV movie is already in the works at Walt Disney Pictures for release next year.

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