E!'S "I AM CAIT" RANKS AS CABLE'S BIGGEST UNSCRIPTED LAUNCH OF THE YEAR AND E!'S MOST-WATCHED SERIES DEBUT IN OVER A DECADE
"I Am Cait" Series Premiere on Sunday Night Delivers Combined Audience of 7.7M Total Unique Viewers in L3s
Los Angeles, CA, July 31, 2015 - E!'s new documentary series, "I Am Cait, premiered Sunday, July 26 at 8pm as the most-watched unscripted series launch across all cable for 2015 among Total Viewers, P18-49 and W18-49. The series garnered a combined audience of 7.7M total unique viewers in L3s across its four airings on July 26. The L3 average for "I Am Cait" from 8-9pm had a +42% lift in total viewers over LS results delivering 3.9M, a +54% lift in P18-49 with 2.3M, and a +58% lift in W18-49 with 1.7M. The eight-episode, hour-long series ranks as E!'s 2ndbiggest launch in the network's history among Total Viewers and E!'s core A18-49 audience (since 2002) and biggest launch in network history among the highly-coveted W18-49 audience. I Am Cait ranked as the #1 program across all of cable for the night among P18-49 and W18-49.
Socially, "I Am Cait" delivered a 2M DAR + Twitter rating for the week of the premiere and the show ranked as the #1 original program on Sunday, July 26 in cross platform social engagements. "I am Cait" was also the #1 ranked cable reality program on Twitter the week leading up to premiere (source: ListenFirst). Additionally, "I Am Cait" has garnered more than 27M total video views on Facebook and Twitter.
"I Am Cait" tells Caitlyn Jenner's intimate story living her life as a transgender woman as she seeks out her "new normal." Living for the first time as the person she feels she was born to be, the series explores what Cait's transition means for the people in her life, while offering a better understanding of many of life's challenges for the trans community. "I Am Cait" is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions, and airs internationally in 153 countries and in 24 languages.
About E! Entertainment
E! is the only global, multiplatform brand for all things pop culture. The network is currently available to 98 million cable and satellite subscribers in the U.S. Eonline delivers breaking entertainment news and in-depth coverage on television, movies, music, celebrities, fashion, beauty and lifestyle. One of the fastest-growing, most influential digital properties, Eonline is a leader in online video and mobile and a leading entertainment brand across social. E! programming includes core franchises "E! News," "The Soup" and "Fashion Police," popular series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," "Total Divas," "#RichKidsof Beverly Hills," "Botched," "House of DVF," "I Am Cait," and "Stewarts & Hamiltons," as well as the network's first original scripted series "The Royals." Additionally, E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" signature events keep fans connected to their favorite stars on pop culture's biggest nights. E! is a network of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience.
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