TORONTO (November 26, 2015) – As the fall television season comes to a close, data from Numeris confirms that Bell Media’s entertainment specialty channels delivered five of the Top 5 most-watched programs, solidifying Bell Media’s entertainment specialties as the leader among total viewers and key demos. DOCTOR WHO on Space returned as the most-watched program this broadcast year to-date, followed by Discovery’s CANADA’S WORST DRIVER, with total viewers and all demos. Overall, Bell Media entertainment specialties are #1 among its competitors for weekly reach, both full day and primetime, with total viewers and all key demos.

The Top 5 programs this fall are:

This fall, Discovery, Space and The Comedy Network rank among the Top 10 entertainment specialty channels with total viewers and the key A18-49 and A25-54 demos, while The Comedy Network and Much are the Top 2 entertainment specialty stations with Males 18-34. Overall, Discovery ranks as the #1 entertainment specialty network for weekly reach among total viewers and all adult demos.

Programming highlights from each Bell Media specialty network include:

Discovery
Season 11 of CANADA’S WORST DRIVER has seen double-digit audience growth for total viewers and all adult demos compared to Season 10, and ranks as the #2 program on entertainment specialty television with an average audience of 606,000 viewers. HIGHWAY THRU HELL ranks among the Top 3 programs on entertainment specialty television with total viewers and key adult demos A18-49 and A25-54, and captured its highest audience ever on Sept. 15, averaging 450,000 viewers (A25-54). The Discovery digital networks Animal Planet, Discovery Science, Investigation Discovery, and the newly rebranded Discovery Velocity have seen double-digit audience growth, up 33% with total viewers, and 17% with A25-54.

Space
DOCTOR WHO Season 9 returned as the #1 program on entertainment specialty television for total viewers (727,000) and all the key demos. The ninth season of FACE OFF was the most-watched season in the series history, ranking among the Top 5 programs on entertainment specialty television for all key adult demos this broadcast year to-date. Ranking among the Top 5 programs on entertainment specialty television for A18-49, Z NATION Season 2 also saw its audience grow nearly 20% among total viewers and A18-49. Additionally, THE LIBRARIANS Season 2 is a Top 5 entertainment specialty program with total viewers, making Space the #1 entertainment specialty network with A18-49 and A25-54 during its 8 p.m. timeslot on Sundays.

The Comedy Network
THE DAILY SHOW, with new host Trevor Noah, makes The Comedy Network the #1 entertainment specialty network during the Monday-Thursday 11 p.m. timeslot with total viewers and all key adult demos. Audience is also up 30% for the combined 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. broadcasts for total viewers compared to the same weeks last year. The Trevor Noah THE DAILY SHOW premiere on Sept. 28 made The Comedy Network the #3 network in its timeslot with key adult demos, behind only CTV and TSN.

Bravo
New to Bravo this fall, DANCING WITH THE STARS became the #5 program on entertainment specialty television among total viewers, and ranks in the Top 10 with the key 18-49 and 25-54 female demos.

Much
SOUTH PARK continues its record-viewing levels on Much as the top program with total viewers and P12-34. SOUTH PARK also ranks among the Top 20 programs on entertainment specialty television with Males 12-34 and 18-34.

MTV
TEEN MOM 2 ranks among the Top 10 entertainment specialty programs with A18-34, and Women 18-34, 18-49, and 25-54 this broadcast year-to-date.

E!
New series I AM CAIT was the top new program on E! this broadcast year, ranking among the Top 20 series on entertainment specialty for Women 18-49 and 25-54. Ranking as a Top 5 program on entertainment specialty television for A18-34, Season 10 of KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS was the most-watched season ever, surpassing its previous high (Season 8) by 21% among total viewers, and 28% among A18-49.