History Channel's "Sons of Liberty" debuted last January 25 and roughly 3.3 million viewers tuned in to the first night of the three-part miniseries, according to deadline.com. The online publication stated that "SoL delivered 1.4 million adults 25-54 and 1.2 million adults 18-49 at 9 PM" in reference to Fast Cable Nielsen Ratings' data.
Reportedly, History Channel, referring to Nielsen as the information source, claimed that "Sons Of Liberty" was "the most tweeted-about scripted series on television for the day."
According to NY Daily News, History Channel's new miniseries portrayed the "human reason" why the Founding Fathers of America decided to jump into a revolution. Reportedly, John Hancock, Samuel Adams and others seem "unlikely to lead" in tossing the British forces off the American shores.
"These guys didn't want to start a revolution," Stephen David of Stephen David Entertainment said. "That isn't why they behaved the way they did. They each had individual reasons. There's a human reason for everything we do."
Reportedly, History Channel's "Sons of Liberty" is a product of David wanting to "reframe" the previously heard stories about America's Founding Fathers and reveal their "human side."
"There's an unfortunate tendency - in books, movies, TV - to treat this period with a stodgy reverence," David said as reported by mnn.com. "Going into 'Sons of Liberty,' my mission was to strip away that veneer and get to the heart of who these men were as people. The 10 years preceding America's Revolutionary War were a radical and dangerous time. When you read the actual history, it sounds like a Hollywood action movie, and that's the feeling we wanted to capture with 'Sons of Liberty.'"
"The goal of the miniseries was to recreate this period in colonial America, and the personalities at the center of that incredible drama. We went to great lengths to recreate a living, accurate representation of the time and place, while staying true to the spirit of the revolution," David added.
Defending the accuracy of the miniseries, David stresses that History Channel's "Son's of Liberty" is "not a documentary" but just a "dramatic interpretation of the events that shaped the country."
