Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey, the world’s most watched outdoor TV series, has year-to-year ratings up 30 percent.
Officials from Dorsey Pictures, the world’s largest producer of outdoor adventure programming with series airing on ten national networks and with affiliates across the globe on scores of linear and digital platforms announced that their flagship outdoor series Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey reached more than 7 million viewers in its second season on Outdoor Channel. The series reached 5.6 million viewers in 2019 and 7.38 million viewers in 2020 for a year-to-year performance increase of 30 percent, and reached more than 283,000 viewers per week during the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2020.
Internationally, the series is one of Wild TV’s highest rated programs.
After the initial six-month broadcast run on Outdoor Channel, the series re-airs in syndication on Outdoor America’s 113 broadcast stations, plus regional sports networks reaching 30 million homes, and the Circle Network reaching an additional 30 million homes. The total syndicated re-airs reach an additional 10 million viewers. The series also re-airs on several streaming platforms including Waypoint TV, CarbonTV and Outdoor America, broadcast through numerous digital and on-demand platforms including Apple TV, Samsung TV Plus, Vizio Smart Cast, Xumo, STIRR, Distro TV, Glewed TV, Select TV, Zingo TV, PlutoTV, Roku, Prime Video, Tubi and Crackle.
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey showcases the best big game, wingshooting and fishing adventures found across North America and beyond.
Internationally, the series is one of Wild TV’s highest rated programs, seen by nearly 350,000 viewers monthly throughout Canada in addition to millions more across Europe and the Far East through affiliates of Dorsey Pictures’ Parent Company, German-owned Red Arrow Studios.
Host Chris Dorsey has been called the “brand-father” of outdoor television having helped create and launch 56 series in the outdoor genre and an equal number of series in mainstream television.
“We’ve produced nearly 60 outdoor series over the last 20 plus years,” says host and executive producer Chris Dorsey, “but we’ve never before been able to bundle such an impressive multi-platform reach for any series. Combining a global premium TV, print, digital, streaming and social package under one property has both activated a massive audience and delivered big for both sponsors and partners.”
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey showcases the best big game, wingshooting and fishing adventures found across North America and beyond with an award winning team of cinematographers, producers, editors and writers. In addition, Dorsey Pictures’ 150,000-hour high definition library is the largest of its kind in the world and provides unprecedented resources to make each program content rich.
Host Chris Dorsey has been called the “brand-father” of outdoor television having helped create and launch 56 series in the outdoor genre and an equal number of series in mainstream television, including for such networks as ABC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, HGTV, Travel, DIY, ESPN, WGN America, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Destination America, Oxygen and all the outdoor networks. Dorsey formerly served as editor in chief of Sports Afield and Ducks Unlimited magazines, is the author of 12 books, and is a regular contributor to Forbes. His work also has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek and The Robb Report. He’s among the world’s most widely traveled hunters having taken the 29 big game species of North America, the deadly seven species of Africa, the spiral horns of Africa and the wild turkey world slam. He’s also served in board and advisory positions of numerous conservation and sporting advocacy organizations.
About Dorsey Pictures
Denver-based Dorsey Pictures is a Realscreen Global 100 production company that is part of Red Arrow Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSieben Sat 1, Germany’s largest media company with networks and platforms throughout Europe. Dorsey is America’s leading producer of lifestyle programming seen throughout the world on linear television and streaming platforms.
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