{"id":50135,"date":"2024-04-23T18:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2030281"},"modified":"2024-04-23T21:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:53:12","slug":"bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluey reveals huge viewing figures on Disney Plus after The Sign special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The special was almost four times longer than the average Bluey episode, clocking in at 28 minutes.\u00a0 <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2024 at 16:32 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The Sign \u2013 the recent special episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/bluey-season-4-release-date\/\">Bluey<\/a> \u2013 was watched a whopping 10.4 million times globally in its first seven days of availability, according to Disney.<\/p>\n<p>Those viewing figures (which are calculated by dividing the total viewing time by the episode\u2019s running time) are higher than any other episode of the show on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\/\">Disney Plus<\/a> \u2013 and, indeed, more than any other Disney Junior show on the platform \u2013 marking another big win for the hugely popular kids series.<\/p>\n<p>The Sign was released on Disney Plus on Sunday 14th April and was almost four times longer than the average Bluey episode, clocking in at 28 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It followed events after the Heeler family put their home up for sale and prepared to move to a new city, which caused great distress for the titular dog, who very much wanted to stay put.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it also featured a wedding between beloved characters, Uncle Rad and Frisky.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the episode\u2019s debut, star Melanie Zanetti (who voices Bluey\u2019s mother, Chilli) teased to <a href=\"http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/bluey-sign-episode-resonate-parents-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">there will be a lot of resonating<\/a> happening for parents\u201d who watched the special.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI think in terms of parents having to put on a brave face and be what their children need, even if they might be having a tough time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/bluey-big-play-tv-series-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Bluey\u2019s Big Play producer on why TV series attracts people of all ages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/bluey-watch-uk\/\">How to watch Bluey \u2013 how to stream in UK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s such an incredible act of service \u2013 a juggling act that parents are doing all the time. And I think we see a bit of that in this 28-minute episode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sign was followed on Sunday 21st April by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/bluey-surprise-episode-disney-plus-newsupdate\/\">secret episode titled Surprise<\/a>, which came amid fears that the series could be coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The episode saw Bluey and her sister Bingo make their dad, Bandit, play two different games at the same time, with chaos inevitably ensuing.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Sam Moore recently quelled the rumours of the show\u2019s end, telling BBC Radio 4: \u201cIt is the question on everybody\u2019s lips. No, it is not the end for Bluey. I\u2019m sure we have many more surprises in store for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[squirrel-affiliate-playlist squirrel_playlist_id=\u201d608\u2033 \/]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bluey is available to stream now on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney Plus<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1016958&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">Sign up to Disney Plus now for \u00a37.99 per month or \u00a379.90 for a full year.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/\">Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The special was almost four times longer than the average Bluey episode, clocking in at 28 minutes.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":50136,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/bluey-reveals-huge-viewing-figures-on-disney-plus-after-the-sign-special-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The special was almost four times longer than the average Bluey episode, clocking in at 28 minutes.\u00a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/50135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}