'Hatfields & McCoys' Is the Highest-Rated Entertainment Telecast on Ad-Supported Cable, Ever

History Channel miniseries nets 13.9 million viewers

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Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy mostly tried to take down one another, but the collateral damage extended to every other show on television last night. History's Hatfields & McCoys pulled in more total viewers than any other non-sports telecast on ad-supported cable in the history of the format, with the exception of breaking news coverage and also the Al Gore/Ross Perot debate on Larry King Live in 1993 regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (16.8

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