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The History Channel has unveiled its latest programming slate, featuring documentaries from top talent including Kevin Costner and Bradley Cooper. The network has ordered five new projects as part of an initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. These include Kevi…

There's executive musical chairs going on at A&E Networks. History's Amy Savitsky is moving to Lifetime to oversee unscripted programming. Savitsky was previously SVP, Development and Programming for History and will become SVP, Unscripted Development and Programming. She will work alongside…

Starzplay Acquires HBO’s Max’s Ken Watanabe Crime Thriller Series ‘Tokyo Vice’ HBO Max's upcoming crime thriller Tokyo Vice is headed to streaming service Starzplay in Europe. The Starz streamer has acquired rights in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Ireland and the U.K. and will debut with two episodes…

Jana Bennett, the British and U.S. TV powerhouse who ran BBC TV, BBC Worldwide and History, has died aged 66. Bennett was open about her rare condition glioblastoma multiforme in an interview with London’s Evening Standard in 2019, at which point she revealed she had become a trustee of OurBrainBank, a cancer research…

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…