Animal Planet's "Mermaids: The New Evidence" Draws 3.6 Million & Is Network's ...

Animal Planet's “Mermaids: The New Evidence” offers up a scientific take on mermaids, and they're nothing like what Hollywood has shown us -- they look more like aliens with tails and sound a lot like pilot whales. However, by not making the seaMERMAIDS-THE-NEW-EVIDENCE.jpg. The most-watched telecast in Animal Planet's history is about mermaids. Sunday's “documentary” Mermaids: The New Evidence delivered 3.6 million viewers, shattering the network's ratings record. Yup, even biggerAmericans' fascination with mermaids seemingly knows no bounds, as Animal Planet drew a network-record audience on Sunday for “Mermaids: The New Evidence.” The special, kicking off Monsters Week on Animal Planet, averaged 3.6 million viewers,Toward the tail-end of this year's Monster Week, Animal Planet revisits this startling, groundbreaking topic in the

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