'The Kennedys' finally finds a home on ReelzChannel

The long-running saga of

"The Kennedys"

-- the miniseries, not the family -- has finally reached a conclusion.

The eight-hour miniseries, which the

commissioned but then

, has found a home after several weeks of rumors that it was headed to this cable channel or that, none of which panned out. It will premiere April 3 on ReelzChannel,

.

It's the first original scripted series for ReelzChannel, which airs movies and movie-related programming, along with a few syndicated series (including "NewsRadio" and "Brothers & Sisters").

is an independently owned channel available in about 60 million homes which has previously had a pretty low The Reelz channel picks up The Kennedys miniseries after profile.

The acquisition of "The Kennedys" will "drive ratings and put a spotlight on this network that has never been on it before," ReelzChannel CEO

Stan Hubbard

tells the HR. "We're going to do a full-blown marketing campaign."

"The Kennedys" stars

and

as John and

;

plays the president's brother Bobby, and

is their father, Joseph. The History Channel decided last month not to air the miniseries, citing concerns about its historical accuracy; there were also reports that members of the Kennedy family lobbied to have it pulled.

Joel Surnow

, a co-creator of

executive produced "The Kennedys";

Stephen Kronish