The following excerpt is from The Clicker
By Drusilla Moorhouse, TODAY contributor
"The Bible" was a television ratings miracle when the History Channel miniseries premiered on Sunday (March 3, 2013).
With 13.1 million tuning in to the five-part docudrama's debut, "The Bible" smote the competition -- including the networks -- and became cable's most-watched program this year.
"Today, more people are discussing God's chosen people -- Moses and Abraham -- in one day than ever before," said Mark Burnett and his wife and producing partner Roma Downey in a History Channel statement.
But the über-producer isn't taking all the credit for "The Bible's" miraculous success.
"The hand of God was on this," Burnett
told EW. "The edit came together perfectly, the actors came together perfectly, it just comes to life."
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