Killing Fields (Discovery, Tuesdays, 10/9C)gave Discovery its most watched Tuesday debut since Alaskan Bush People.
The second episode of the network’s first true crime series finds their focus shifting as a result of DNA results so the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives enlist experts to comb for evidence at the victim’s crime scene. check out a sneak peek after the break.
KILLING FIELDS – EPISODE 2
Airing Tuesday, January 12 at 10 PM on the Discovery Channel
With DNA results shifting their focus, the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives need more insight on their victim and use cutting edge technology by enlisting experts to comb for evidence at the victim’s crime scene.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S FIRST-EVER TRUE CRIME SERIES ‘KILLING FIELDS’ DEBUTS AS NETWORK’S MOST-WATCHED TUESDAY NEW SERIES SINCE ‘ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE’
Discovery’s first true-crime series KILLING FIELDS had a strong debut. The series premiere opened with a .81 P25-54 rating with 1.70M Total Viewers P2+ on Tuesday, January 5, in L+3, making it the most-watched Tuesday series debut since ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE. This was also Discovery’s highest-rated Tuesday series debut in W25-54 and W18-49 since the MOONSHINERS spinoff TICKLE.
KILLING FIELDS also drove Discovery as the #1 unscripted non-sports cable net in the 10 PM hour across P/M18-49 & M18-34. Co-executive produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Tom Fontana and Academy Award-winning film director Barry Levinson, the series follows homicide detectives as they reopen the case of a young woman found in the Louisiana swamplands, a body dumpsite, where the forces of nature often erase evidence of a crime.
The second episode of KILLING FIELDS airs Tuesday, January 12 at 10 PM on Discovery, and follows the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives as they use the latest cutting-edge technology to comb for evidence at the victim’s crime scene.
Also airing Tuesday night was MOONSHINERS at 9 PM, which delivered a 1.40 P25-54 rating with 2.34 million Total Viewers P2+ in L+3. The series also pulled in a significant number of women viewers. Season highs were reached across W25-54 and W18-49 – the highest female viewer skew since the season 5 opener.
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