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GOLD RUSH #1 IN ALL OF TELEVISION AMONG MEN 18-49 AND 25-54 ON FRIDAY NOV. 15

Discovery Channel Beats ABC, NBC and FOX among Men 18-49

November 18, 2013

Contact - Paul Schur
Group VP, Communications
212.548.5588
Contact - Phil Zimmerman
Vice President - Publicity, Discovery Channel - Communications
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Discovery Channel's GOLD RUSH was the #1 cable program in total viewers P2+, households and was #1 in all of television in Men on Friday, Nov, 15, no exclusions. Discovery Channel was the #1 cable network on Friday among Persons and Men delivery, no exclusions, and beat numerous broadcast television networks in Men 18-49, no exclusions.

GOLD RUSH at 9PM/ET earned a 2.39 HH/1.80 P25-54/2.54 M25-54 and 1.93 M18-49 rating and delivered an average of 3.33 million total viewers P2+. It was most watched Friday cable program in total viewers P2+ and Households. For the fourth consecutive week, GOLD RUSH was the #1 ad-supported cable program among Persons and Men 25-54/18-49, delivery, no exclusions. 

Additionally, GOLD RUSH was #1 in all of television for men, beating every broadcast television program among both Men 18-49 and Men 25-54, no exclusions, including ABC's Shark Tank, 20/20, Last Man Standing and  The Neighbors,  CBS' Undercover Boss, Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods, FOX's Raising Hope and  Bones and NBC's Grimm, Dracula  and Dateline Friday.

BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE at 10 PM/ET on Friday was the #2 cable program, excluding sports, among Persons and Men 25-54 and Men 18-49 delivery. It earned a 1.51 HH/1.13 P25-54 rating and delivered 2.03 million viewers P2+.        

Driven by both GOLD RUSH and BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE, Discovery Channel beat ABC, NBC and FOX in Men 18-49 for the night and was the #1 cable network among total viewers Persons 2+ as well as Persons and Men 25-54/18-49 delivery, no exclusions.

All-new episodes of GOLD RUSH and BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE will air on Friday Nov. 22.

GOLD RUSH is produced for Discovery Channel by Raw Television, where Dimitri Doganis and James Bates are executive producers and Tom Fulford is series producer. For Discovery Channel, Christo Doyle is executive producer and Meagan Davis is producer.BERING SEA GOLD: UNDER THE ICE is produced for Discovery Channel by Original Productions, a Fremantle Media company.  For Original Productions, executive producers are Thom Beers, Philip D. Segal, Jeff Conroy, John Gray, Sheila McCormack and Series Producer Cameron Glendenning. For Discovery Channel, Executive Producer is David Pritikin.