Discovery's DEADLIEST CATCH Sweeps Key Male Demos for 8th Straight Week

By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 05, 2013

Last night's new episode of Deadliest Catch was the #1 cable program among Men 25-54 and Men 18-49 delivery. This is the eighth consecutive week the series was #1 in Men 25-54 delivery (excluding sports). The series earned a 2.07 HH/1.73 P25-54 rating and delivered 2.82 million viewers P2+, beating most broadcast television series including: FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," ABC's "Extreme Weight Loss," CBS's "NCIS," "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "Brooklyn DA."

Powered by strong ratings of Deadliest Catch and BACKYARD OIL, which delivered 1.22 million viewers P2+, Discovery Channel was the #1 non-sports cable network in Prime among Men 25-54 and Men 18-49 delivery.

An all new Deadliest Catch premieres next Tuesday, June 11th at 9 PM E/P.

Source: Nielsen. NHI Calendar. 6/4/13. Live+SD AA% and AA (000).

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