Articles by Jeff Pfeiffer

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Where to Watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s First Presidential Debate

September 23, 2016 Jeff Pfeiffer

The first presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will take place on Monday, Sept. 26, beginning at 9pm ET. The debate will be held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and is slated to be 90 minutes long. NBC News anchor Lester Holt will moderate this long-awaited first presidential debate, which will be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on major topics to be selected by the moderator. The topics for the first debate were announced this week and sound fairly vague: “America’s Direction,” “Achieve Prosperity” and “Securing America.” […]

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Big Ratings for Discovery’s Harley and the Davidsons

September 12, 2016 Jeff Pfeiffer

Discovery Channel announced today that its three-part miniseries Harley and the Davidsons, which aired last week beginning on Labor Day, scored big ratings across all three nights, becoming the most-watched cable miniseries in 3.5 years (since History’s The Bible) and the No. 1 cable program across top demos all three nights. RELATED: “HARLEY AND THE DAVIDSONS” A FUN RIDE The program averaged 2.00 million P25-54 viewers and 4.4 million P2+ viewers, according to a Discovery release. Harley also was Discovery Channel’s highest-rated rookie series ever among M25-54, as well as the network’s most-watched ever in P2+. This was the first miniseries for Discovery Channel under […]

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Movies

Harley and the Davidsons a Fun Ride Through the Iconic Motorcycle Brand’s Early History

September 5, 2016 Jeff Pfeiffer

Being based in Milwaukee, I am certainly no stranger to the sights and sounds (especially in the summertime) of the legendary Harley-Davidson motorcycle brand, but I had not known very much about its founding in the early 20th century. That’s why Discovery Channel’s Harley and the Davidsons, a three-night miniseries debuting tonight, is so fascinating. It’s a dramatization of how Walter and Arthur Davidson (Michiel Huisman and Bug Hall), with their friend Bill Harley (Robert Aramayo), risked their entire fortune and livelihood to launch the enterprise. The timing of the Davidsons’ and Harley’s efforts coincided with a booming time of […]