From PR Newswire:

The debut of Nick's Big Time Rush (Monday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m. ET/PT)—now the highest-rated and most-watched live-action series premiere with kids, tweens and total viewers (6.8 million) among all Nick series—was second only to iCarly among all basic cable with total viewers on Monday night.   The Big Time Rush premiere averaged a 13.1/2.8 million T9-14 (+105%); a 14.5/3.1 million K6-11 (+93%) and a 10.6/3.8 million K2-11 (+61%).

Joe  Menendez has directed episodes of Nickeodeon's brand new hit musical comedy series BIG TIME RUSH.

The first episode he directed called "Big Time Bad Boy" aired Friday January 29th, 2010 at 8:30pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon.

Click HERE to see the full episode of "Big Time Bad Boy" or set your DVR and catch it in re-runs.

His newest episode, "Big Time Mansion" aired Friday February 12th, 2010 on Nickelodeon.

Set your DVR and catch it in re-runs now.

Check out the BIG TIME RUSH official website.

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Joe Menendez is back directing new episodes for the second season of ZEKE AND LUTHER.

Menendez directed the June 15th, 2009 PREMIERE EPISODE of ZEKE AND LUTHER entitled: "Bros Go Pro" for Disney's newest channel, Disney XD, which quickly became a big hit:

RATINGS

The launch of Zeke and Luther on Disney XD Monday, June 15 at 8:30p becomes the best series premiere ever for Disney XD (and it predecessor network Toon Disney) among Tweens 9-14 183,000 as well as Tween Boys 9-14 131,000.  Additionally, the series launch gave the network its best performance on a Monday night at 8:30p among K6-11 253,000.  When Disney XD launched in the US on February 13, 2009, its lineup included the series premiere of Aaron Stone, which bowed with a Tween 9-14 166,000.

Read more about the episode's ratings at BROADCASTING AND CABLE.

And read the VARIETY REVIEW of the episode.
 
Check out the official Website for: "ZEKE AND LUTHER"

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Last fall, Joe Menendez wrapped the second season of "IMAGINATION MOVERS", which was shot in New Orleans, LA..

In addition to directing multiple episodes, Joe was also the show's Supervising Producer.

"IMAGINATION MOVERS" airs every morning (9:30am/8:30c) on Disney Channel during the Playhouse Disney programming block.

A brand new episode which was directed by Menendez aired on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 called "Farmhouse Mouse". Set your DVR and catch it re-runs.

Check out the official website for: "IMAGINATION MOVERS"