{"id":3511,"date":"2013-04-09T09:34:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2013-04-09T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:34:31","slug":"the-bible-a-home-vid-blockbuster-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/04\/the-bible-a-home-vid-blockbuster-too.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Bible&#8221; a home-vid blockbuster too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More proof of <em>The Bible<\/em>&#8216;s power.\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tv\/article\/historys-bible-sets-home-video-sales-record-84721\">From The Wrap<\/a>: <em>The miniseries, produced by &#8220;Survivor&#8221; boss Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey, did big business in its first week of home-video sales, setting a five-year record for DVD sales in the TV category and becoming the top-selling TV miniseries of all time in Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Comment:<\/strong> As Paradigm agent Michael Van Dyck once told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/good-lord-hollywood-suddenly-hot-251536\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> <em>\u201cThe eyeballs are there<strong>. <\/strong>In this economy, people are starving to see real characters that have a relationship with God on the air. And as soon as one of those shows hits, whichever executive is behind it will appear to be a genius.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nSo it looks it looks like the Van Dyck Programming Genius Award goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/investing.businessweek.com\/research\/stocks\/private\/people.asp?privcapId=24809141\">the executive team at The History Channel<\/a>.\u00a0 <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><iframe title=\"DVD Trailer: The Bible: The Epic Miniseries\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qh9TN9-B2mY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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