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There’s still a lot of life in Killing Jesus, Fox News Channel learned on Good Friday. An average of 2.49 million viewers watched repeats of the adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s book on FNC that night. That’s a pretty impressive result in cable news, given that National Geographic Channel's unveiling of Killing Jesus…

National Geographic Channel’s adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s book Killing Jesus, nabbed 3.7 million viewers across Sunday night — the biggest audience in history. The channel noted that the 8 PM premiere’s 1.0 rating in adults 25-54 is the highest rating for that demo since the net’s November 2013 premiere of…

National Geographic Channel has declined a credential request to cover the Killing Jesus premiere made by a CNN reporter who has been covering the kerfuffle over Bill O’Reilly’s reporting claims. This even as O’Reilly prepares to make his first TV appearance outside of Fox News itself since the allegations first…

After Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln became the two most-watched programs in National Geographic Channel’s history, the third collaboration between Nat Geo, Scott Free and book authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, Killing Jesus, has a premiere date: the pic will debut on Palm Sunday, March 29. Check out the…

TV critics seemed a lot more dubious about NatGeo’s adaptation of Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s Killing Jesus than they were about the network’s adaptations of  the duo’s Killing Kennedy or Killing Lincoln. They did not ask producers of the Kennedy and Lincoln projects to defend theirs against the glut of other…

Kelsey Grammer will play King Herod in National Geographic Channel's adaptation of Fox News Channel star Bill O'Reilly's book Killing Jesus. Meanwhile, Stephen Moyer will play Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor) will portray Jesus. Grammer has been cast…

National Geographic Channel has tapped BAFTA Award-winning director Christopher Menaul to helm the three-hour telepic Killing Jesus from Scott Free Productions, slated to air in 2015. Law & Order veteran Walon Green wrote and executive produces the project, based on the book Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O'Reilly…

EXCLUSIVE: After two very successful movies, National Geographic‘s Killing movie franchise is adding a miniseries. The third installment in the series, Killing Jesus, will be a four-hour mini. Law & Order veteran Walon Green has been tapped to write and executive produce the project, based on the book Killing Jesus: A…