"The War" Captures 7.3 Million Viewers

"The premiere of Ken Burns' new documentary series "The War" brought in 7.3 million viewers Sunday night, PBS said.

The first episode of the multipart documentary averaged a 5.0 household rating/7 share in the top 56 "metered" markets, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research.

That is on par with the opener of Burns' 1994 highly rated documentary series for PBS' "Baseball," which had a 5.1 household rating. (The 1990 premiere of Burns' "The Civil War" brought in a 9.0 rating.)" |Read more|