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National Magazine Awards Unveiled

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 3, 2013 @ 9:10am PDTTags: National Geographic, National Magazine Awards, New York, Stephen King

New York was named Magazine of The Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors last night, while National Geographic took four Ellies, including a pair for digital media. Among the notables honored: The Mother Jones exclusive that featured the now-infamous “Romney 47 percent” video that helped define the 2012 presidential election won in the Video category, and The Atlantic won for Website. Stephen King won his second National Magazine Award, this one for the Harper’s Magazine fiction piece “Batman and Robin Have an Altercation”. Here’s the full list of winners:

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2013 WINNERS

Magazine of the Year
New York
Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
Ben Williams, Online Editorial Director

May 28, October 22 and November 12 Print and iPad Editions
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Nat Geo’s ‘Killing Lincoln’ Hits Record Highs; 3.4M Watch Drama

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday February 18, 2013 @ 1:44pm PSTTags: Killing Lincoln, National Geographic

National Geographic’s Killing Lincoln premiered to a network record-breaking 3.4 million viewers last night. Based on Fox News channel host Bill O’Reilly’s book of the same name, the show is the first original factual drama from the network.

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(WASHINGTON, D.C. — February 18, 2013) National Geographic Channel’s Sunday night premiere of KILLING LINCOLN – the network’s first original factual drama – proved to be the perfect way to honor President’s Day Weekend with stellar ratings that averaged a whopping 2.6 HH rating – tied for the second highest HH in network history – and a 1.1 P25–54 on Sunday, February 17, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

KILLING LINCOLN also averaged 3.4 million persons 2+ over the entire two-hour premiere, the highest total viewership in NGC’s history!

Furthermore, the 1.1 P25–54 is the highest rated P25-54 since the premiere of SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden in November 2012 (1.4 P25-54), and is more than 175% higher than NGC’s Sunday 8–10 p.m average so far this year (.4 P25–54).

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National Geographic Picks Up ‘Raid On Osama Bin Laden’ Movie For Nov. 4 Debut

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 4, 2012 @ 3:52pm PDTTags: National Geographic, Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden
Nellie Andreeva

John Stockwell’s Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden will make its world premiere on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday, November 4 two days before the Presidential election. Produced by Oscar winner Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt … Read More »

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‘The Killing’s Billy Campbell To Play Abraham Lincoln In Nat Geo’s ‘Killing Lincoln’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 9, 2012 @ 7:36pm PDTTags: Billy Campbell, Killing Lincoln, National Geographic

Billy Campbell Killing LincolnBilly Campbell, who plays troubled mayoral candidate Darren Richmond on AMC’s The Killing, is signing on for more killing. He has been set to play Abraham Lincoln in National Geographic Channel‘s … Read More »

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National Geographic Orders Special About James Cameron’s Mariana Trench Dive

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 24, 2012 @ 9:00am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, James Cameron, National Geographic
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: At its upfront presentation last month, National Geographic unveiled Deepsea Challenge, a 3-D feature documentary/special chronicling director James Cameron recent one-man dive last month to the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep, the ocean’s deepest point. Now the network has added a half-hour interview special with Cameron, James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth, which will premiere this Sunday at 9 PM. In the special, which incorporates CGI animation to illustrate the scale of the trip, Cameron recalls the highs and lows of the more than seven-year design phase of the spherical sub (called Deepsea Challenger). Read More »

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James Cameron Headed To Ocean’s Deepest Point

By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 8:28am PSTTags: James Cameron, National Geographic

James Cameron National GeographicJames Cameron will attempt to reach the world’s furthest underwater depth, nearly 7 miles beneath the ocean’s surface. The dive to the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean will take place in a specially designed submersible in the coming weeks as part of the newly launched Deepsea Challenge, a joint scientific project by Cameron and the National Geographic Society to “conduct deep-ocean research and exploration to expand our knowledge and understanding of these largely unknown parts of the planet.” Here’s the release: Read More »

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National Geographic Signs 3-For-1 Deal With Ben Silverman’s Electus

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 27, 2012 @ 7:08am PSTTags: Ben Silverman, Chris Grant, Electus, National Geographic
Nellie Andreeva

The Reveille cohorts are back in business together. In one of his first major deals since taking the reins of National Geographic as president, Howard Owens has signed a three-for-one project deal with Ben Silverman’s Electus. It includes the development … Read More »

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Bill O’Reilly Book ‘Killing Lincoln’ Becomes Nat Geo Documentary Produced By Ridley & Tony Scott

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 12, 2012 @ 9:00am PSTTags: Bill O'Reilly, National Geographic, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Channel has teamed with Tony and Ridley Scott to produce a two-hour documentary based on Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling book with co-author Martin Dugard. The documentary, set to begin production in the spring for an early 2013 premiere globally on the National Geographic Channel, will keep the fast pace of the book, described as a historical thriller with a John Grisham-style narrative about the 1865 murder of President Abraham Lincoln and the furious manhunt for his killer. It will include feature-film quality re-enactments completed with CGI in the signature style of the Scott brothers. “National Geographic has a great legacy of telling some of history’s most riveting stories,” said O’Reilly, who will also serve as an executive producer on the documentary. “The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln is no exception, as it continues to be one of the most significant, life-changing events in America’s young history.” Read More »

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