HISTORY Mini-Series Premiere Breaks Cable Records

NEW YORK: More than 13.9 million people tuned in to HISTORY on Monday for the premiere of the mini-series Hatfields & McCoys, making it the number one non-sports broadcast in ad-supported cable history.

The 3×2-hour show tells the true story of a legendary family feud. It stars Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton in the lead roles of Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, respectively.

"With all the success we have had at HISTORY, we felt strongly for some time that we should own historical drama, and in true HISTORY fashion, we have done it, with—pardon the pun—guns ablazin!"  said Nancy Dubuc, the president and general manager of HISTORY. "We couldn’t be more proud of the entire cast and crew—this has been an amazing collaboration, from Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Mare Winningham, Powers Boothe, Tom Berenger, and everyone involved in truly making history!"