‘The Ten Commandments’ to Air on New Network

ABC has aired the 1956 religious epic The Ten Commandments for over 50 years now, always programmed around the Easter season and known as a perennial favorite. This year, UPtv, the cable/satellite television home for uplifting entertainment, has scheduled The Ten Commandments ahead of ABC’s annual ritual. UPtv will air The Ten Commandments on Palm Sunday (March 29 at 9/8c) and again on Good Friday (April 3 at 4/3c). ABC has it slotted for Saturday, April 4 at 7/6c.

ABC first aired the film on Feb. 18, 1973, where 24 million people tuned in to legendary director Cecil B. DeMille‘s nearly four-hour masterpiece starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Yvonne De Carlo, and Edward G. Robinson. The film’s airing on the broadcaster became an annual ritual from 1973 to today, where they only missed one year in 1999, and holy Moses, did they hear from viewers!