"The Latest Buzz" buzzes for Family Channel

TORONTO – The March 14 debut of the Canadian live-action series The Latest Buzz garnered the biggest-ever audience for a series premiere on Family Channel, it was announced Wednesday. The series, about a group of grade nine students who take over a struggling teen-oriented magazine, had an average audience of 322,600 – 17% more viewers than the previous record holder, according to Astral Media, which owns the channel. Astral said it was the most-watched series premier in Family Channel’s 20-year history. Some 66% of the viewers fell into the channel’s core audience of 8 to 14 year olds. The series...