TCA: Sandhogs, Truckers Are Real History

The History Channel once again defends its programming as being on target for the network and its brand.

By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/10/2008 7:35:00 AM

Beverly Hills -- The History Channel once again defended its programming -- shows ranging from a new series on Sandhogs to Ice Road Truckers -- as being on target for the network and its brand.

At the Television Critics Association tour here Wednesday, History senior vice president of development and programming David McKillop was questioned by a writer about a show the network was doing a panel on, Sandhogs, about the the urban miners who work underground to build tunnels beneath New York.

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