‘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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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.
