Editing History Channel (section)

== Programming ==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast by the History Channel}}
Programming on the History Channel has covered a wide range of [[History by period|historical periods]] and topics, while similar themed topics are often organized into themed weeks or daily marathons. Subjects include [[warfare]], [[invention]]s, [[aviation]], [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[civil engineering]], [[technology]], [[science]], [[nature]], [[artist]]s, [[composer]]s, [[author]]s, [[mythical creatures]], [[monster]]s, [[unidentified flying object]]s, [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], [[Extraterrestrials in fiction|aliens]], [[religion|religious beliefs]], [[disaster]] scenarios, [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] "after man" scenarios, [[survivalist|survival]] scenarios, [[alternate history]], [[dinosaurs]], [[Human extinction|doomsday]], [[organized crime]], [[secret societies]], and [[2012 Phenomenon|2012]] superstitions. Occasionally, some programs compare contemporary culture and technology with that of the past.<ref name="EdgertonRollins2001">Gary Richard Edgerton; Peter C. Rollins. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0QMpg0GGnDQC&pg=PA261 Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age]''. University Press of Kentucky; 2001. {{ISBN|0-8131-7111-3}}. pp. 261 ff.</ref>

The channel's programming would expand into scripted dramas with the premiere [[Vikings (2013 TV series)|''Vikings'']] in 2013.<ref name="Irish Film Board March 5, 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/irish_film_industry/news/VIKINGS_Tops_The_Ratings_With_83_Million_Viewers/2149 | title=VIKINGS Tops The Ratings With 8.3 Million Viewers | publisher=Irish Film Board | date=March 5, 2013 | access-date=March 11, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328133730/http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/irish_film_industry/news/VIKINGS_Tops_The_Ratings_With_83_Million_Viewers/2149 | archive-date=March 28, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>