The second 2-hour chunk of the newly anointed most popular scripted show in the history of basic cable, History’s HATFIELDS & MCCOYS, was much like the first episode: a strong opening hour followed by a secon...
With the NBA conference finals continuing last night and History’s hit mini-series Hatfields & McCoys ending its short run last night, the best the broadcast networks could muster was a 2.6 Adult 18-49 rating for FO...
The highest rated program on cable the past week was Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN, a very good 4.9 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday night. (Boston tied the series 2-2 with a 93-91 overtime victory over t...
HATFIELDS & MCCOYS, already a blockbuster hit, kept its best and most compelling hours for last. Although the conclusion of the 6-hour tale, directed throughout by Kevin Reynolds and with this installment wr...
ACT OF VALOR: Watch It At Home – Fast Forward When They’re Not Shooting If there were a genuine national military crisis, and a small group of expert soldiers were needed to protect t...
History Channel has to be awfully happy with its decision to get into the scripted programming business. Part 1 of HATFIELDS & MCCOYS (our review is here) premiered last night to the largest non-sports audience in ...
It’s not exactly a surprise that History’s HATFIELDS & MCCOYS had another spectacular ratings night with its conclusion on Wednesday. The show actually went up from its record-setting Part 1 audi...
History Channel, which just entered the world of scripted television 2 days ago, now owns the #1 and #2 scripted programs in the history of basic cable, as the 2d installment of HATFIELDS & MCCOYS barely declined fro...
Even as the scripted drama business on the broadcast networks subsides into increasing irrelevance, new players arise who want to take part. Dramas may not be cost-effective in the way that they once were, but t...