HISTORY DELIVERS TOP NOTCH TUESDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE WITH "COUNTING CARS" & "AMERICAN RESTORATION"

Season 2 Premiere of Counting Cars Locks 2.9 Million Viewers

American Restoration Premiere Garners 2.6 Million Viewers

NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 - HISTORY(R) continues its ratings success with the season 2 premiere of COUNTING CARS and premiere episodes of AMERICAN RESTORATION on Tuesday, April 9.

The season 2 premiere of COUNTING CARS, from 9-10pm, delivered 2.9 million total viewers, 1.4 million Adults 25-54 and 1.3 million Adults 18-49.

From 10-11pm, AMERICAN RESTORATIONS delivered 2.6 million total viewers, 1.2 million Adults 25-54 and 1.1 million Adults 18-49.

COUNTING CARS is produced for HISTORY by Leftfield Pictures. Zachary Behr and Julian Hobbs are Executive Producers for HISTORY. Executive Producers for Leftfield Pictures are Brent Montgomery, David George, and Shawn Witt. Joel Patterson is Co-Executive Producer for Leftfield Pictures.

AMERICAN RESTORATION is produced for HISTORY by Leftfield Pictures. Brent Montgomery is Executive Producer for Leftfield Pictures and Matthew Braley is Co-Executive Producer. John Verhoff is Executive Producer for HISTORY.

HISTORY(R), now reaching more than 98 million homes, is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network's all-original programming slate, including scripted event programming, features a roster of hit series including American Pickers(R), American Restoration(TM), Ax Men(TM), Ice Road Truckers(R), Pawn Stars(R), Swamp People(R) and Top Shot(R) as well as History's first scripted series Vikings, and epic miniseries and special programming such as The Bible and the Emmy(R) Award-winning Hatfields & McCoys, Gettysburg, Vietnam in HD, America The Story of Us and 102 Minutes That Changed America. The HISTORY website is the leading online resource for all things history, and in 2011, the United States Library of Congress selected HISTORY's Civil War 150 site for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the American Civil War sesquicentennial. www.history.com.