The Weather Channel Picks Up More When Weather Changed History

The Weather Channel picked up 14 more episodes of When Weather Changed History, according to producer Towers Productions (A&E Network's Biography, TWC's Storm Stories).

The Sunday 9 p.m. one-hour show -- with a repeat at 11 p.m. -- debuted Jan. 6 and has since boosted the time-period household rating average by 21%, according to Towers.

The series is executive-produced by Jonathan Towers.

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