DISCOVERY CHANNEL CLOSES APRIL WITH RATINGS RISING YEAR TO YEAR AND THE TOP 5 UNSCRIPTED CABLE SERIES FOR MEN

Monday Nights Continue to Win the Race with the Network's Highest Rated April Mondays Ever

Street Outlaws is TV's # 1 Unscripted Series During April with Younger Men, Topping The Voice & Survivor

(Los Angeles) -Discovery Channel laps the competition for the month of April as the network tops year-to-year ratings in the key demos of P/M25-54, P/M18-49, P/M18-34. Driven by Mega Race, Discovery Channel delivered its highest rated April Mondays ever across P/M25-54 & P18-49. The network also surpassed others to rank third among all cable networks in M25-54, fourth in P25-54 and M18-49, and fifth in P18-49.

In April, Discovery scored more Top 10 unscripted cable series than any other network with men. The cable channel took the top five unscripted cable series in M25-54 - #1 Street Outlaws, #2 Deadliest Catch, #3 Naked and Afraid XL, #4 Naked and Afraid, #5 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail, #10 Vegas Rat Rods. Discovery Channel also scored half the Top 10 in M18-49 with #1 Street Outlaws, #3 Deadliest Catch, #4 Naked and Afraid XL, #9 Naked and Afraid, #10 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail.

Discovery Channel owned the #1 cable series - including scripted - in M25-54 & M18-49 across Mondays with Street Outlaws, Tuesdays with Deadliest Catch, and Fridays with Gold Rush: Parker's Trail.

Source: The Nielsen Company, L+3 TP-based coverage area data; net/program ranks & comparisons based on 000s; program rankers excl. repeats, breakouts, programs < 5 min, specials, sports & sports programming, news, talk shows, and movies/documentaries.