REELZCHANNEL—TV About Movies® today announced that a record 1.9 million total viewers watched the opening night of the World Premiere of the dramatic movie event “The Kennedys” on REELZCHANNEL. The Kennedys received a 2.5 gross household coverage area rating.
“Viewers across America showed their ongoing fascination with the Kennedy family and, specifically, their desire to see such a star-studded cast in the highly-anticipated ‘The Kennedys’,” said REELZCHANNEL CEO Stan E. Hubbard. “In acquiring ‘The Kennedys’ our aim was to give viewers an opportunity to watch an incredible movie event with massive star power and to also put a spotlight on our network like never before. Viewers proved they could find our relatively new and independent network and when they did, Greg, Barry, Katie and Tom delivered!”
If you missed the special two-episode beginning of the most talked about mini-series in history last night, you get a second chance tonight at 8pm ET and at 8pm PT. And tomorrow, Episode 3 “Bay of Pigs” continues the series at 8pm ET and at 8pm PT. Then, viewers will see a new episode every weeknight at 8pm ET and at 8pm PT through Friday, April 8.
Due to overwhelming viewer demand, REELZCHANNEL has added two chances to catch up on “The Kennedys” with Episodes 1-6 airing back to back on Saturday, April 9 starting at 2pm ET/ 11am PT and again on Sunday, April 10 starting at 1pm ET/ 10am PT. The compelling conclusion to “The Kennedys” airs on Sunday, April 10 with the final two episodes airing back to back starting at 8pm ET and at 8pm PT.
