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\u00a0\u2018The Bible\u2019 & \u2018Vikings\u201d Open big with 13.1 Million & 6.2 Million Viewers, Respectively\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n
By\u00a0<\/a>NELLIE ANDREEVA<\/a>\u00a0| Monday March 4, 2013 @ 1:54pm PST<\/a><\/div>\n
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It was a big night for History, whose 10-hour miniseries\u00a0The Bible\u00a0<\/em>opened with 13.1 million viewers. It was followed by the debut of the network\u2019s first original scripted series,\u00a0The Vikings<\/em>, which rode The Bible\u2019s coat tales to draw 6.2 million viewers.<\/div>\n
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Click here to continue reading the good news<\/a>\u00a0about this reverent and well-produced series produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s some trivia from Jonathan Bock of Gracehill Media<\/a>, whose firm promoted the series:<\/p>\n

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\u201d The Bible Series on History was the biggest television show of the night, #1 with 14.8 million total viewers. It is also the biggest cable event for 2013!\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for coverage of The Bible series from my blog at Sister Rose at the Movies at Patheos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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