Ratings - Discovery Channel Posts a Mighty Monday of Record Ratings

[01/28/09 - 11:01 AM] Discovery Channel Posts a Mighty Monday of Record Ratings Discovery spins the numbers for Monday, January 26.

[via press release from Discovery]
DISCOVERY CHANNEL POSTS A MIGHTY MONDAY OF RECORD RATINGS ONE WAY OUT Ranks As Best Series Premiere in M18-34 (478K) in Over Five Years Discovery Channel's Monday primetime line up of DESTROYED IN SECONDS, ONE WAY OUT and MAN VS WILD posted record ratings for the night with the highest Monday P18-34 delivery (617K) in over 3 years and the highest among P25-54 and P18-49 in nearly five months. Discovery ranked #2 in all of primetime on ad-supported cable among M25-54, M18-49 and M18-34 delivery New series ONE WAY OUT debuted at 9P with record gains among P25-54 (+48%), P18-49 (+77%), P18-34 (+137%), M18-49 (99%) and M18-34 (+182%). The full hour averaged a P2+ delivery of 1.829 million. [9P: 1.923 mil, 9:30P 1.735 mil] ranking #4 for the night in its timeslot among M25-54/18-49/18-34. DESTROYED IN SECONDS delivered the best P18-34 delivery (572K) in the 8P timeslot since 10/4/04 and the highest delivering in the series history among P25-54, P18-49 and P2+. MAN VS WILD was Monday's #2 program in the 10P timeslot across all key male demos M25-54/18-49/18-34 and saw the second highest M18-34 delivery (455K) in the series history [#5 among M18-49]. MAN VS WILD is currently experiencing the best quarter in the series history among M18-49 (689K) and M18-34 delivery (418K).

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