The special was a tribute to legendary daredevil Evel Knievel, who died back in 2007 but has a legacy that lives on.
Now the numbers are in for Evel Live, and they prove that History definitely did not crash and burn with the special.
History took live television to dangerous heights — quite literally — with recent TV special Evel Live.
Knievel has name recognition among people who couldn’t name another professional daredevil if their lives depended on it, and the odds were pretty good that a fair amount of folks would tune in to see motorsports icon Travis Pastrana attempt three of Knievel’s most unforgettable and risky stunts.