Killing Lincoln Was a Hit for National Geographic Channel

By Jason Boog 

3.4 million people watched the National Geographic Channel’s adaptation of Bill O’Reilly‘s Killing Lincoln over the weekend.

Our sibling blog TVNewser had all the details:

The 8pmET airing drew a 2.6 rating, tied for second-best ever for the channel. In the A25-54 demo, the 2-hour film drew a 1.1, more than 175% higher than the channel’s 8–10 p.m average so far this year. NatGeo has already announced it is producing a factual drama based on O’Reilly’s best-selling “Killing Kennedy.