Victorious is Victorious!

Victoria Justice and her Victorious cast and crew have something to celebrate!

The new Nickelodeon series grabbed the attention of kids and tweens on Sunday night (April 11), topping all basic cable programming in its time period with total viewers (3.5 million, +26%). The Victorious website on Nick.com also boasted a strong performance, earning its highest number of unique visitors on the same day.

Show creator Dan Schneider wrote on his own blog, “I gotta say how freakin’ proud I am of Victoria Justice, the rest of the cast of Victorious, and our whole staff and crew. I did not expect a ratings win our first time out on Sunday night, especially against such heavily promoted competition.”

Congrats Victorious!