As we all know, there is much less Easter programming than Christmas programming. The only ones that come to mind are the yearly airing of "The Ten Commandments" (did it always air at this date?) by ABC and NBC's reairings of the "Jesus of Nazareth" miniseries during the 1980s. What ones can you think of?
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EWTN had a fair amount of (Catholic-centric) Easter programming. There are also a few Easter specials kicking around like "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown", but few that are as popular or get the annual hype and airplay like the annual Christmas specials. I think it's just a different kind of holiday with a different feel and less sentimentality (is that a word?) to it. The weather is warmer, lots of people are out more and spending less time in front of the TV, looking forward to the forthcoming summer, etc.
"The Ten Commandments" used to air on ABC on Easter Night but today its been relplaced by American Idol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film). This is due to the movie owned by Paramount Inc. Also Paramount has released this movie to Youtube for streaming rights if you pay on the rent or Buy button in the link.
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This year, The Ten Commandments aired on the Saturday before Palm Sunday (April 9).
I did a check of my local FM/AM/TV:
ABC is running "A Living Hope" No-one else is doing anything Easter related. Does sports programming count
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Nothing worth noting on AM/FM. The religous stations are running the usual plus maybe an Easter spin for 670 KLTT. A few years back, KLTT did run a special program that featured some CCM music, but I haven't seen it this year. The non-religious stations are sticking to normal programming entirely. On another note, 89.3 KTDX is running a blank signal.
Not even Shortwave was running anything out of normal
ABC is running "A Living Hope" No-one else is doing anything Easter related. Does sports programming count
?Nothing worth noting on AM/FM. The religous stations are running the usual plus maybe an Easter spin for 670 KLTT. A few years back, KLTT did run a special program that featured some CCM music, but I haven't seen it this year. The non-religious stations are sticking to normal programming entirely. On another note, 89.3 KTDX is running a blank signal.
Not even Shortwave was running anything out of normal
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The Ten Commandments aired in Iowa on ABC on April 9th from 6pm - 10:44pm on WOI ABC 5, and KCRG ABC 9 from 7pm - 11:44pm
In recent years, I know The Ten Commandments has aired the night before Easter, but with the NBA Playoffs starting Easter weekend, clearly ESPN felt & ABC agreed it'd get better ratings airing an NBA Playoff game. That said, I wouldn't mind if this setup of having the film air Palm Sunday eve is a permanent thing considering many Catholics go to church the night before Easter for the special vigil masses.
Some of the fringe Christian sects don't celebrate Easter, preferring Passover or nothing at all, citing Easter's pagan origins. Orthodox Christianity celebrates a week later.I did a check of my local FM/AM/TV:
ABC is running "A Living Hope" No-one else is doing anything Easter related. Does sports programming count
Nothing worth noting on AM/FM. The religous stations are running the usual plus maybe an Easter spin for 670 KLTT. A few years back, KLTT did run a special program that featured some CCM music, but I haven't seen it this year. The non-religious stations are sticking to normal programming entirely. On another note, 89.3 KTDX is running a blank signal.
Not even Shortwave was running anything out of normal
I'm not aware of much in the way of Easter moviea, but there are documentaries on the History Channel and others
Dang I need to see the listings on April 9th. I didn't realize that. Usually Easter weekend was the broadcast dates for Ten Commandments.
There have been several years that the Ten Commandments was broadcast on ABC the Saturday before Easter, but usually on Easter weekend. Wasn't there some times it was shown in two parts on the night before Easter and Easter night because of its length?
If you tune in to some of the crackpot preachers like RG Stair they'd likely be preaching against observing Easter.
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I remember, several years ago near Christmas, I was listening to WSAI (then on 1530 with adult standards), fell asleep, and was awakened by Brother Stair screeching about Christmas being a pagan holidayThere have been several years that the Ten Commandments was broadcast on ABC the Saturday before Easter, but usually on Easter weekend. Wasn't there some times it was shown in two parts on the night before Easter and Easter night because of its length?
If you tune in to some of the crackpot preachers like RG Stair they'd likely be preaching against observing Easter.
I suspect the Easter morning sunrise service at the Hollywood Bowl is locally televised in Los Angeles.
I wonder why it isn't being shown nationally, given that it's the most famous Easter service in the United States.
I wonder why it isn't being shown nationally, given that it's the most famous Easter service in the United States.
I recall seeing a movie called "The Robe" on TCM the night before Easter once. It starred Richard Burton as Roman who went insane after being tasked with carrying out the crucifixion.
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