Killing Lincoln - Nat Geo (Reactions)

[LincolnMan]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is truly amazing. From a press release minutes ago:

via press release:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL’S KILLING LINCOLN
SETS RECORD RATINGS WITH 2.6 HH, 1.1 P25-54;

SPECIAL SCORES HIGHEST TOTAL VIEWERSHIP IN NGC HISTORY

3.4 Million People Tune in to NGC’s First Original Factual Drama

(WASHINGTON, D.C. — February 18, 2013) National Geographic Channel’s Sunday night premiere of KILLING LINCOLN – the network’s first original factual drama – proved to be the perfect way to honor President’s Day Weekend with stellar ratings that averaged a whopping 2.6 HH rating – tied for the second highest HH in network history – and a 1.1 P25–54 on Sunday, February 17, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

KILLING LINCOLN also averaged 3.4 million persons 2+ over the entire two-hour premiere, the highest total viewership in NGC’s history!

Said Howard T. Owens, President, National Geographic Channels: “The success we saw last night proved that authentic and entertaining are not mutually exclusive, and I think we’ve tapped into a new genre of factual drama that clearly resonates with our audience.

Mr. Owens got that right! Finally, someone gets what we've been saying for years!