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Discovery Channel’s “Phelps vs. Shark” special may have drawn backlash, but it also drew a huge audience.<\/p>\n

According to live+same-day data posted by Showbuzz, Sunday’s broadcast drew a 1.88 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 4.78 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n

It was television’s #2 Sunday original (on cable or broadcast) in the adults 18-49 demographic; only HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” fared better.<\/p>\n

It, meanwhile, was the day’s #2 cable original in overall viewership (again, losing only to “Game Of Thrones”).<\/p>\n

The Phelps special clearly aided its “Shark-Croc Showdown” lead-out. Despite airing against the aforementioned “Thrones,” the special drew a solid 1.29 rating and 3.09 million viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only “Game Of Thrones” outperformed Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” special.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[9422,7216],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nRatings: Discovery's "Phelps vs. Shark" Ranks As Sunday's #2 Cable Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discovery Channel's "Phelps vs. Shark" special may have drawn backlash, but it also drew a huge audience. 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