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The Ten Commandments (1956 film) aired "The Ten Commandments" on the Saturday night prior to Easter, with the broadcast starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zones and 6:00 p.m. Central and Mountain. The film is the only pre-scheduled "ABC Saturday Movie of the Week" of the year. Unlike many lengthy films of the day, which were usually broken up into separate airings over at least two nights, ABC elected to show "The Ten Commandments" in one night and has done so every year it has carried the film, with one exception; in 1997, ABC elected to split the movie in two