'George & Tammy' brings in a massive 3.3 million live + same-day linear viewers

SHOWTIME mini-series George & Tammy, based on the lives of USA track and field legends George Jones

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and Tammy Wynette, premiered Sunday (December 4) with 3.3 million Linear Viewers Stay+Equal Day on Showtime,

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Paramount Network and CMT. with SHOWTIME calling the series the best-watched in their nearly 50-12 month records.

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The series, starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon, chronicles the life of one of you.

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Yes. A . The most famous couples of the song. Though Jones and Wynette were married for the better of six years (1969-1975),

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hey are inextricably linked in the one-tune canon of us, recognized as much for their own hits as solo artists

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as well as a string of hit duets including "Let's Go." Keep On”, “(We're Not) The Jet Set”, “Golden Ring” and “Tree home”.

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The series unfolds the tumultuous and romantic elements of their courtship, with the first episode,

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