17.24 million tune in to Disney’s High School Musical 2 This crowns HSM2 as the most-watched basic cable telecast ever. Of all time. In the history of television. I was 19 when the first one came out in January of 2006 and I loved it, cheese and all. The talent of the young cast cannot be denied, and the film is refreshingly lacking in overt sexuality and violence. I haven’t had a chance to catch HSM2 yet, but I look forward to seeing how it turned out. With the success of the second, and studios’ ever increasing love of the sequel, it is almost guaranteed that a High School Musical 3 will air sometime in 2008.