‘Deadliest Catch’ Lands Biggest Audience For Season Debut
Fourth-Season Premiere Of Alaska King Crab Docuseries Draws Some 3.5 Million Viewers
By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News, 4/16/2008 11:15:00 AM
Discovery Channel’s Emmy-nominated Deadliest Catch returned Tuesday with its highest audience delivery of any season premiere ever, officials said Wednesday.
The April 15 debuts at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. garnered 2.50 and 2.59 household ratings and 3.39 million and 3.53 million viewers, respectively. The series airs every Tuesday night at 9 p.m.
Deadliest Catch episodes 'Striking Out' and 'Get'em Back Safe' also ranked as the No. 1 and No. 2 primetime cable programs for the night among households, persons 25 to 54, men 25 to 54 and men 18 to 49 ratings, according to Discovery Channel officials
, Deadliest Catch, which is being broadcast in high-definition for the first time this season, follows the now legendary captains and crews of five crab-fishing vessels on the Bering Sea doing one of the deadliest — and most lucrative — jobs in the world.
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Was glad to see Edger showing some of the reality of being a fisherman, I did it for twenty years,I've longlined for blackcod, greycod and halibut in the north Pacific, longlined for greycod and red crabbed in the Bering sea. I've longlined the west coast, chased tuna from 49.N to 49.S and out to the date line, yes I've seen yesterday and crossed the equator. I've seen 250 lb. Big eyes mid water L/Ling around the Islands, fished 16 Dungeness seasons back before potlimits stacking them 8 high with a 9 locker. I Red crabbed on the Fierce Contender. Was deckboss on the Deep Pacific a Longline catcher processer, doing 40 to 60 day trips for three years, did a 82 day tuna trip on the S. Pacific. Now my back is shot the nerves to my legs being pinched by vertabra's with no disks between then. That is the life for alot of guy's who chose that life it ain't all glamour and full hold's, it uses up you body. And.. I don't regret a second of it, because I CAN say been there done that. So Edger at 39 is already used up, doesn't really want to run the boat; [besides that chair seems to fit Sig's ass pretty good] lot alot of job openings for brokedown old fishermen. That is the reality for so many of us has-beens.
James E. Walker - 6/2/2010 3:36:59 AM EDT -
Hi guys watching the tin foil greenhorn tuning in the radar, good one. One of my favorites on longline boats was to wait till we were jogging on the bag&flag in sh-tty weather and tell the greenhorn to gat up on the bow and watch for the mailbouy so we could all get our mail. Once the skipper woke up eary and came up to the wheel house, and saw the greenhorn on the bow asked us what the hell he was doing up there. We explained about the mailbouy, after he quit laughing he chewed us out cuz the guy could of got hurt. Well thought you guys might enjoy that one.
James E walker - 6/2/2010 3:05:24 AM EDT
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