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
("24," "Wiseguy," "Profiler") wrote it.