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Phelps Vs Shark has taken home gold for Discovery as Shark Week’s highest-rated telecast ever in key demos. The July 23 special, in which Olympian Michael Phelps went fin-to-fin with a CGI shark, averaged more than 5 million total viewers, making it the highest-rated Shark Week special ever across P25-54, W25-54, and…

Discovery and Michael Phelps are defending a recent episode of Shark Week in which the Olympic gold medalist swam against a CGI shark. Some viewers reacted angrily, complaining that it wasn’t a real shark and they felt duped by promos for the episode. “In Phelps Vs Shark we enlisted world class scientists to take up…

Olympian Michael Phelps’ highly promoted race with a great white shark on the kickoff to Discovery’s Shark Week programming Sunday night has drawn Twitter outrage from some disappointed viewers. Nearly an hour into the Shark After Dark, program scientist and ecologist Tristan Gutteridge was heard saying "Clearly, we…

Discovery Channel has unveiled details of this year’s Shark Week, debuting Sunday, July 23. Eli Roth is hosting, Olympian Michael Phelps gets schooled on all things 'shark' at Bimini Shark Lab, Chris Noth narrates Sharks and the City: New York. Singer/songwriter Seal pitches in too – if briefly. In its 29th season…

The Rio Games are over, but NBC isn’t done with Michael Phelps — or vice versa. The network said today that the most-medaled athlete in Olympics history will co-host tonight’s edition of America’s Got Talent. Based on his 23 first-place finishes, someone should give him access to the golden buzzer. And here’s hoping…

One of the greatest Olympians of all time, US swimmer Michael Phelps, drew a large TV crowd for his final race. NBC's Saturday night Olympic coverage, featuring Phelps' last swim, posted a 16.4 overnight rating. That up +21% versus the prior Saturday night and up +.8 from the average for the games to date. Not…

The most decorated Olympian won his 27th medal yesterday but it wasn’t a gold for Michael Phelps. In a three-way tie for second in the men’s 100-meter butterfly, the American snagged the silver, sharing it with South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh. With the fifth gold and new record for Katie Ledecky…

SPOILER ALERT FOR WEST COAST VIEWERS Michael Phelps did the U.S.A. proud – and no doubt made NBC very happy – with an astonishing night at the Rio Olympics, taking his 21st gold medal and, along the way, splashing away the hopes of South African swimmer and meme-star Chad le Clos. Phelps first took the gold tonight in…

There were more medals for Team USA yesterday at the Rio Olympics with swimming and volleyball, but that's likely not the takeaway for most of the third day of the Games. Firstly, there was the widely viewed and virally spread dark game face that Michael Phelps put on as South African rival Chad le Clos tried to get…

Related: Michael Phelps’ London Finale Averages 28M Viewers, Less Than Same Night Beijing ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 11, 2012) – Recently crowned the most decorated Olympian in history with an astonishing 22 career Olympic medals, U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has plans for the next stage of his career: to play the…

On the last night of his Olympic career, NBC announced today that it will broadcast Michael Phelps: America's Golden Champion at 7 PM on Sunday. The one-hour special will be an “intimate look at 18-time gold medalist and 22-time overall Olympic medalist”. Tonight, NBC Olympics pointman Bob Costas interviewed Phelps…

UPDATE, 1:02 PM: The final numbers are in and last night's XXX Summer Olympics (21.8/35) household rating was a win for more than Michael Phelps or the U.S. Women's Gymnastic team. Tuesday's 8-11:43 PM broadcast on NBC has become the highest rated night of all the Games since 1996 in Atlanta. The coverage was also…