Nearly every year since 1973, with a few exceptions, ABC has re-aired the gigantic 1956 Best Picture Oscar-nominated religious epic The Ten Commandments around Easter and Passover — which makes sense, given its story comes from the Old Testament book of Exodus about Moses’ (Charlton Heston) deliverance of the Israelites from slavery at the hands of Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II (Yul Brynner).
That tradition continued in 2025, as the network aired director Cecil B. DeMille‘s thrilling achievement on the first night of Passover, and eight days before Easter: April 12, 2025. But if you missed the ABC airing, don’t worry — you still have options to watch this beloved Biblical classic before Easter!