or


[02/04/13 - 03:17 PM]
Discovery's "Gold Rush" Scores 13 Consecutive Weeks as #1 Friday Cable Television Prime Time Program for Men
Discovery spins the numbers for Friday, February 1.
[via press release from Discovery]

DISCOVERY'S "GOLD RUSH" SCORES 13 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AS #1 FRIDAY CABLE TELEVISION PRIME TIME PROGRAM FOR MEN

GOLD RUSH Grabs 4.7 Million Viewers and BERING SEA GOLD Grabs 2.57 Million Viewers

Discovery Channel Beats NBC and FOX in Both P18-49 and P25-54 on Friday

(Silver Spring, MD) Discovery Channel was the top network in ALL OF TELEVISION Friday, February 1st across multiple male demos with the top three cable television programs for that evening (#1 - "Gold Rush" 9PM, #2 - "Bering Sea Gold" 10PM and #3 - "Gold Rush" 8PM). This marks the 13th consecutive week Discovery ruled Friday evening programming with GOLD RUSH ranking #1 in all of cable television in Men 25-54 and Men 18-49 delivery. Discovery also beat both NBC and FOX in P18-49 and P25-54 on Friday night.

Discovery Channel's GOLD RUSH earned a 3.07 HH/2.55 P25-54/2.02 P18-49 and delivered 4.70 million viewers P2+ making it the #1 ad-supported cable program among HH, P2+, P18+, P/M/W25-54, P/M/W18-49 and P/M18-34 delivery, no exclusions. It was also the #1 program in ALL OF TELEVISION in numerous key demos on Friday night that included M 25-54, M18-49 (no exclusions) and #1 M18-34 delivery, English-language nets and excludes sports nets.

BERING SEA GOLD earned 1.77 HH/1.44 P25-54/1.07 P18-49 rating and delivered 2.57 million total viewers P2+ and was the #2 ad-supported cable program on Friday night behind only GOLD RUSH among both P/M 25-54 and P/M 18-49 delivery, no exclusions (among English-language nets). It was also #5 in ALL OF TELEVISION among M25-54 delivery, no exclusions.

GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT, the behind-the-scenes show featuring the cast and crew of GOLD RUSH, 8PM telecast earned 1.26 HH/1.01 P25-54 and delivered 1.92 million viewers P2+ and was the #3 ad-supported cable program on Friday night behind BERING SEA GOLD among both M25-54 and M18-49 delivery, excludes sports.

Discovery Channel also beat both NBC and FOX in the highly valued P18-49, as well as P25-54 Friday night.

All new episodes of GOLD RUSH air 2/8 at 8PM ET/PT and 9PM ET/PT and BERING SEA GOLD airs a new episode at 10PM ET/PT.

Source: Nielsen. NHI Calendar. 2/4/13. Live+SD AA% and (000).





  [february 2013]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
     


· BERING SEA GOLD (DISCOVERY)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[06/06/25 - 10:42 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Soars with Star-Studded Week
"Live" ranked as the No. 1 talk show in syndication for 121 consecutive weeks across all key measures.
[06/04/25 - 07:01 AM]
ESPN Scores Stellar Pre-Finals Women's College World Series Viewership
Through the first 12 games, viewers have consumed 2.4 billion minutes of the WCWS across linear and ESPN+.
[06/03/25 - 03:04 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" posted increases in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, turning in its strongest numbers across the board in more than 4 months.
[06/03/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of May 26: "Sirens" Enchants Top 10 Again, "Adolescence" Jumps to No. 2 on Most Popular
Also in English TV, "Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders" debuted at No. 2, as the three-part documentary series reexamined a string of unsolved murders tied to the over-the-counter painkiller that triggered a national panic in the '80s (11.9 million views).
[06/03/25 - 10:05 AM]
FOX MLB Scores 2.2 Million Viewers for 18-2 Yankees-Dodgers Blowout
The network's "Baseball Night in America" coverage was up 16% versus last year's FOX MLB regular-season average, despite heavy competition.
[06/03/25 - 09:40 AM]
ESPN Delivers Two of the Three Most-Watched Women's College World Series Non-Finals Games on Record
UCLA versus Tennessee delivered the largest softball audience in a decade.
[06/03/25 - 09:28 AM]
ESPN's Most-Watched Season of "Sunday Night Baseball" in Eight Years
The June 1 edition was the most-watched in seven years, since August 2018.
[06/03/25 - 07:32 AM]
Mega-Hit "Rock the Block" Delivers Another Standout Season for HGTV
The seven-episode run averaged a .66 live plus three-day rating among Adults 25-54 and a .84 live plus three-day rating among Women 25-54.
[06/02/25 - 01:00 PM]
"Saturday Night Live" Is the #1 Broadcast Entertainment Series for the 2024-25 Season in the 18-49 Demo
The 50th season of "Saturday Night Live" averaged 8.1 million viewers (L7) across all platforms.

[05/28/25 - 02:04 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week across the board: Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, drawing its largest overall audience in 12 weeks.
[05/28/25 - 01:29 PM]
Mets-Dodgers Produces FOX's Most-Watched Baseball Telecast This Season
Through seven telecasts, FOX Saturday baseball coverage is up +10% over last year.
[05/28/25 - 11:35 AM]
"The American Music Awards" Hosted by Jennifer Lopez Posts Largest Audience Since 2019
The live broadcast delivered 4.73 million viewers, up +34% from its last live broadcast in 2022 (airing November 20, 2022, on ABC).

[05/28/25 - 10:19 AM]
ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" Averaged 1.7 Million Viewers for NLCS Rematch Featuring Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
Said telecast was up 11% versus last year's "Sunday Night Baseball" average.
[05/28/25 - 07:52 AM]
Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Telecast on ABC Attracts Largest Live Audience Ever for Iconic Event
The audience broke the event's record viewership of 2.0 million that watched last year's race, with viewership peaking at 2.6 million during the 10:30-10:45 a.m. quarter hour.

[05/28/25 - 06:05 AM]
"The Chi" Season Seven Premiere Scores Two Million Cross-Platform Viewers
The season seven premiere scored two million cross-platform viewers, making the season seven premiere the most-streamed in the series' history, up +2% on streaming versus last season.