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History is doubling down on its “That Built” franchise with four spinoffs. This comes after A+E Networks cable net launched the second season of The Food That Built America. Elsewhere, the network has ordered a protest documentary from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and moved its Bill Clinton series to 2022. History is launching…

In a move its head of sales calls a “radical” departure from the long-held orthodoxy of catering to youth, A+E Networks has decided to embrace TV viewers 55 and older. The owner of networks like A&E, History and Lifetime says it will transact with advertisers on a total-audience basis, departing from the industry’s…

The History Channel is building out its plans to move back into the miniseries space with two new scripted projects – a drama about the London plague from Vikings creator Michael Hirst and a series about the Donner Party from documentary filmmaker Ric Burns. The A+E Networks-owned cable channel is developing The Plague…

As Project Blue Book, Knightfall and Vikings all come to an end, History is looking to recalibrate its scripted strategy towards limited dramas and mini-series. Rob Sharenow, President of Programming at A+E Networks, called returnable scripted series a "fraught path" for the company given the competitive nature of the…

History dropped a new trailer for the second half of season six of Vikings during its Comic-Con@Home panel session. Watch it above. The network is saying goodbye to the Michael Hirst-created show with the final run set to air later this year. Hirst said, "The characters who we all have grown to love with all have…

History’s Grant miniseries has made a bit of history itself. The Memorial Day premiere of the six-hour miniseries, which airs over three consecutive nights, drew 3 million total viewers for its first installment, marking the network’s best non-fiction miniseries launch in Total Viewers in six years, and the No. 2…

Perhaps more than recent past Memorial Day weekends, this year will be a more solemn occasion as a gradually reopening America continues to faces the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. In what has traditionally been the kickoff to summer as well honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country, this…

A+E Networks is to remain in the high-end scripted market and is looking for its next Hatfields & McCoys. This comes after it emerged that two of History's big-ticket dramas, Project Blue Book, and Knightfall, which marked Mark Hamill's entry into live-action series television, would not return, coming as its flagship…

Project Blue Book fans will be left with a few questions after History cancelled the Aidan Gillen-fronted drama. The second season of the UFO drama ended on March 24 with Gillen's Dr. Allen Hynek searching for his colleague Capt. Michael Quinn, played by Michael Malarkey, who was evidently blown to bits by an…

History is doubling down on Presidential programming with two new miniseries centered on Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Lincoln (working title) and Theodore Roosevelt (working title) are both exec produced by Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, while Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way Productions…

On the heels of strong ratings for season one, History has renewed its popular nonfiction series The Food That Built America that centers on the food titans who shaped America. The network has ordered 18 one-hour episodes for season 2. The series drew 18.8 million total viewers in the first season. History will team…

Bill Clinton is to exec produce a documentary series about the American Presidency for History. The 42nd President of the United States becomes the latest former Commander-in-Chief to turn to television, following in the footsteps of Barack Obama. The untitled project will look at the history of the position as well…