DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S "AMISH MAFIA" GRABS 2.59 MILLION VIEWERS AND RANKS #1 IN CABLE AMONG MEN 25-54 ON SEPT. 3

Discovery Channel's Amish Mafia at 9 PM on Tuesday, Sept. 3 was the #1 cable program among Men 25-54 delivery, no exclusions, on Tuesday, Sept. 3. These strong ratings catapulted AMISH MAFIA to the TOP THREE in all of television, including all of broadcast television, among men, behind only NBC's America's Got Talent and CBS' NCIS. Freshman series TICKLE and PORTER RIDGE both finished in cable's Top Ten original programs among Men 25-54.

AMISH MAFIA earned a 1.89 HH/1.52 P25-54 rating while delivering a whopping 2.59 million total viewers P2+. TICKLE earned a 1.13 HH/0.89 P25-54 rating at 10PM and delivered 1.48 million total viewers P2+ while PORTER RIDGE at 10:30 PM earned a 1.01 HH/0.77 P25-54 rating and delivered 1.31 million total viewers P2+.

AMISH MAFIA is produced for Discovery by Hot Snakes Media, where Eric Evangelista and Shannon Evangelista are executive producers. For Discovery Channel, Matthew Kelly is executive producer.

AMISH MAFIA premieres a new episode next Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 9PM, followed by new episodes of TICKLE at 10 PM and PORTER RIDGE at 10:30 PM.

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