Episode two was just as good as the first one...

The show has drawn huge ratings!!!

The first part of the History network’s miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys” was seen by 13.9 million viewers on Monday night, more than 17 million when the immediate repeat was added in, the Nielsen company said. The numbers held up for part two on Tuesday, which was watched by 13.1 million, Nielsen said.

Those are huge numbers in the cable television world. No scripted series on the broadcast networks last week came close. By contrast, Fox’s series finale of “House” last week reached 8.7 million people.

“Hatfields & McCoys” had a couple of big-name stars in Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton and is airing over three nights in two-hour chunks. Broadcast television was dominated by competition shows again last week, led by the 21.5 million people who watched the “American Idol” finale on Fox. “Dancing With the Stars” and “America’s Got Talent” also did well.

Perhaps crowded by the marketplace, ABC’s “Duets” finished a modest No. 23 in the ratings, with 6.8 million viewers. Fox’s summer series “So You Think You Can Dance” also came out of the gate slowly, with 6.3 million viewers.

Led by “Idol,” Fox won the week with an average of 8.3 million viewers in prime time (4.9 rating, 9 share). ABC had 7.4 million (also 4.9, 9), CBS had 5.8 million (3.9, 7), NBC had 4.6 million (3.0, 5), ION Television had 1.1 million (0.7, 1) and the CW had 680,000 (0.5, 1). Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with 3.7 million (2.0, 3), Telemundo had 1.1 million (0.6, 1), TeleFutura had 510,000 (0.3, 0), Estrella had 210,000 and Azteca 110,000 (both 0.1, 0).

Good series. I watched all 3. Sometimes I think we're hardwired for bias and fighting. Good thing we can mostly get it out of our systems arguing over football.

I got all 3 on a DVR, looking forward to seeing them.

I guess they drawed in over 42 million over the three nights which is huge for cable TV i think. I like it when stars like Kevin and Bill do a TV show once and awhile..I guess I am a sap for a decent western. I wonder if it will win any tv awards?

I liked it a lot but it did not come in HD, at least on Dish

jdeb said:

I liked it a lot but it did not come in HD, at least on Dish

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I have Dish and I had it in HD.

They are going to replay all three episodes today.

jdeb said:

I liked it a lot but it did not come in HD, at least on Dish

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It was on HD here on Dish. I watched part of 1 (my wife had it on, she watched them all). Dumb south, starting a war over a pig.

Mitchrapp said:

It was on HD here on Dish. I watched part of 1 (my wife had it on, she watched them all). Dumb south, starting a war over a pig.

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What channel?

My History channel in Michigan is channel 120. I think HD is a upgrade though isn't it?

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What channel?

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I didn't really pay attention, like I said my wife was watching but I only watched a few minutes.

yeah, mine is 120 but I guess I have to buy the gold. My bill is flippin over 100.00 every moth as it is. not including mlb