History makes history with "Hatfields & McCoys"

The hits keep on coming for cable network History.

The first night of its three-night “Hatfields & McCoys” miniseries -- starting on Memorial Day -- posted a historically big 13.9 million viewers during its original airing for the network. That is the highest watched non-sports TV show for ad-supported cable networks ever.

Adding in repeats of the miniseries History pulled in 17 million viewers. The show also scored big in demos -- 5.8 million among adults 25-54 and 4.8 million with adults 18-49.

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