• Mediaweek, Monday, April 4, 2011 5:15 PM

This just in: the less-than-surprising news that the mini-series "The Kennedys," which premiered last night on the ReelzChannel, set a ratings record of 1.9 million total viewers for the previously little-known network, according to Hollywood Reporter.

The mini-series got a ton of publicity when it was bounced from the History Channel and given a new life on Reelz.

Meanwhile, in a Mediaweek feature on Reelz, its owner, Stan Hubbard, talks about how he thinks the controversial show will build the struggling brand. "I don't think there has been a TV series this interesting in decades or ever," he tells the mag in one of those great moments of executive hyperbole (or B.S.).

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