• Multichannel News, Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:45 AM

Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" pulled its highest audience delivery of any season premiere ever, according to execs at the cable net. The show's April 15 debuts at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. managed 2.50 and 2.59 household ratings, with 3.39 million and 3.53 million viewers, respectively.

"Deadliest Catch," now being broadcast in HD for the first time this season, follows the captains and crews of crab-fishing vessels in the Bering Sea who do one of the most dangerous -- and profitable -- jobs in the country. They go after their prey through subzero weather, 60 mph winds and waves the size of four-story buildings, with little to no sleep, while also continuously clearing ice off the decks with sledgehammers.

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