'Clone Wars'
Having broken ratings records on Cartoon Network, animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" will receive an encore run on broader-skewing sibling channel TNT.
The George Lucas-produced series will make its TNT debut on Feb. 14 with back-to-back first-season episodes following the Turner Networks channel's coverage of the NBA All-Star Game weekend activities. The half-hour sci-fi series will settle into its regular Wednesday 10 p.m. timeslot starting Feb. 18.
"Clone Wars" ends its first season on the Cartoon Network in March. Its Oct. 3 premiere garnered nearly 4 million viewers in the biggest launch ever for the channel, and the series established itself as the top draw for its time period in both cable and broadcast for boys 6-11.
The second season will bow on Cartoon later this year or next year.
Turner officials now hope to introduce the series to "Star Wars"-generation adult males on TNT, which targets adults 18-49.
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