National Geographic's “Killing Lincoln” hits record with 3.4 mln viewersFebruary 19, 2013 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Geographic is having a very good Presidents Day. Sunday February 17 premiere of scripted drama Killing Lincoln pulled network records with an average 3.4 million viewers over the course of the two-hour premiere. The number sets a new high for individual broadcasts, leaping 175 percent from the typical average in the time period, The Hollywood Reporter said. Starring Billy Campbell as the ill-fated president and Jesse Johnson as John Wilkes Booth, Killing Lincoln was adapted from the best-selling book by Bill O’Reilly. The movie, from Scott Free Productions, also was narrated on camera by Tom Hanks. “Killing Lincoln was our latest effort to expand the original programming we present on the National Geographic Channel, while still maintaining the brand values viewers expect from us,” said National Geographic Channels president Howard T. Owens. “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. Our record ratings would not have been possible without our partnership with Bill O’Reilly, Scott Free Productions and the incredible team that worked on this production.” So confident in O'Reilly and Scott Free's work on Killing Lincoln, Nat Geo announced in January that it also will be adapting the Fox News personality's John F. Kennedy book, Killing Kennedy. Killing Lincoln also pulled a 2.6 rating with households and a 1.1 rating with adults 25-54. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |