When Is ‘The Ten Commandments’ on TV This Easter 2019?

Jeff Pfeiffer April 16, 2019, 10:00 am

For nearly 50 years now, since 1973, ABC has regularly aired Cecil B. DeMille’s Oscar-winning 1956 biblical epic The Ten Commandments during the Easter and Passover holidays season.

The network only neglected to broadcast the film once during this time, in 1999, but the viewer outcry over that omission must have been enough of a commandment from fans that ABC learned they shalt not do that again, and the film has continued to air annually ever since.

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That tradition continues in 2019 as The Ten Commandments airs on ABC the night before Easter. This year, Easter Sunday is April 21, so ABC will air The Ten Commandments on Saturday, April 20, at 7pm ET. The broadcast is scheduled into a 4-hour, 44-minute time block, so hunker down!

Charlton Heston leads a massive cast in his iconic role as Moses (and as the voice of God via the Burning Bush). Also starring are Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Vincent Price, John Carradine and more.

The Ten Commandments, Saturday, April 20, 2019, 7/6c, ABC

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OliveBox
Apr 10, 2020
It will be broadcast on tv Saturday at 7pm eastern time. I’ve watched it every year since it came out in 1973. “Oh Moses Moses Moses!

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BlueFlower
Mar 23, 2021
Will it be broadcast this year?
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CyanBucket
May 10, 2020
The frail old man being carried in the Red Sea parting scene? He played Jesus in the original movie in the 1920's....
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GoldCocktail
Apr 6, 2020
My friend told me they broadcast the Ten commandments on April 4 instead of April 20, please tell me it's not true. I've been watching this since I was a child on the Saturday before Easter. I need it more than ever this year
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OrangeFish
Feb 22, 2020
I would like to know when Comcast Is going to put on television, The Easter Story about Our Lord
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  OrangeFish
  Feb 22, 2020
  Hello,Comcast, I have Comcast as our cable company, It's under my husbands Name, Patrick Lane, When are you going to put, The Easter Story on television for Easter ?,would you please post the day and time and the channel It Is going to be on ?, Thankyou, very much, Margaret Lane
  
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    OrangeFish
    Feb 22, 2020
    I do not know what green radio Is, Margaret Lane
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GreenButton
Apr 20, 2019
I guess the correct time at ABC(NY metro Area) is 8pm EST when the movie starts, because when you tune at 7pm for the movie, you might be watching THE FAST LANE: INTERNATIONAL NY AUTO SHOW SPECIAL from Javits Center. Thank You.
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OliveClover
Apr 16, 2019
I always thought The Ten Commandments was played in honor of Passover, not Easter. It predates Christ by about 1000 years.

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  GoldHammer
  Apr 16, 2019
  I associate it with Easter more, because Christ was crucified during Passover, so there is your connection.
  
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    RedPlane
    Apr 4, 2020
    I hope we know the pagan origins of easter from worshipping Ishtar, the mix of pagan practices with christianity. also take God seriously in all the 10 commandments including the 4th