"THE BIBLE" MINISERIES SCORES WELL IN THE RATINGS............

The History Channel on cable, scored first place among cable entertainment networks for March, with strong ratings for its five part mini-series, "The Bible", helping catapult it into the winning position.  The married couple of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, produced the mini-series, he the reality show creater of, "Survivor" and, "The Apprentice"; she the star of the nine season tv series, "Touched By An Angel".  "The Bible" finale on Easter Sunday night garnered a viewership of 11.7 million persons, down from the more than 13 million vieweras of its premiere episode on March 3rd, and up from the viwership of over 10 million persons during the three weeks in between the premiere and the finale.  A follow-up series, is already in the works as a result of the success of, "The Bible".  Michael Landon Jr., is producing and writing a mini-series sequel titled, "Jesus Of Nazareth", as a follow-up presentation on the History Channel.............Fr.  Troy