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[05/27/14 - 10:51 AM]
History's "The World Wars" Premieres to 3.4 Million Total Viewers on Memorial Day
History spins the numbers for Monday, May 26.
[via press release from History]

HISTORY'S "THE WORLD WARS" PREMIERES TO 3.4 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS ON MEMORIAL DAY

EVENT SERIES GARNERS 1.4 MILLION IN ADULTS 25-54 AND 1.3 MILLION IN ADULTS 18-49

NEW YORK, NY - May 27, 2014 - HISTORY's(R) six-hour event series THE WORLD WARS had a strong Memorial Day premiere with 3.4 million total viewers, 1.4 million adults 25-54 and 1.3 million adults 18-49. Introduced by President Obama and narrated by two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (THE HURT LOCKER, THE TOWN), part two of the three night event series premieres tonight at 9PM ET/PT and concludes Wednesday, 5/28 at 9PM ET/PT.

THE WORLD WARS tells the story of three devastating decades of war told through the eyes of the powerful men who held the fate of humankind in their hands; men like Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately making some of the toughest decisions in the history of mankind in World War II.

The stories are told through dramatic scenes, state of the art CGI, and contributors like Senator John McCain, General Colin Powell, Leon Panetta, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, British Prime Minister John Major and more.

THE WORLD WARS is produced by Stephen David Entertainment for HISTORY. Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana and Elaine Frontain Bryant are Executive Producers for HISTORY. Stephen David serves as Executive Producer for Stephen David Entertainment.

HISTORY(R), now reaching more than 98 million homes, is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network's all-original programming slate, including scripted event programming, features a roster of hit series including American Pickers(R), American Restoration(TM), Ax Men(TM), The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man, Counting Cars(TM), Pawn Stars(R), Mountain Men and Swamp People(R) as well as HISTORY(R)'s first scripted series Vikings, and epic miniseries and special programming such as The Bible and the Emmy(R) Award-winning Hatfields & McCoys, the Emmy Award-winning The Men Who Built America, Gettysburg, Vietnam in HD, America The Story of Us(R) and 102 Minutes That Changed America. The HISTORY(R) website is the leading online resource for all things history, and in 2011, the United States Library of Congress selected HISTORY(R)'s Civil War 150 site for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the American Civil War sesquicentennial. www.history.com.





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