The latest series from HBO, The Bible, took the US by storm and is about to hit television screens in Australia A stunning new TV series is about to hit Channel Nine titled 'The Bible' Diogo Morgado as Jesus, right, in a scene from "The Bible,." Picture: Ap Source: AP IT is a story as old as the The Good Book itself and this HBO series took the US by storm with the premiere attracting 13 million viewers. Even repeats have brought in similar numbers in the US and it has now been seen by in excess of 100 million people. Now Channel 9 is hoping The Bible can do similar things for its ratings in Australia. Tonight you will have the opportunity to see what all the fuss is about. But if you do miss all the action you can catch our review of the first two episodes tomorrow. The ten-part HBO docudrama starring Diogo Morgado as Jesus Christ divided viewers and critics. This is the series that drew ire in the US with claims a political statement was being made because the actor who plays satan looks very similar to US President Barack Obama. Moroccan actor Mehdi Ouazzani poses with a frame from his role. He didn't realise that some thought he looked like US President Barack Obama while he was at it. Picture: AP Source: Supplied The Bible is produced by reality series guru Mark Burnett (Survivor, the Apprentice and The Voice) and his actor wife Roma Downey. While the series has attracted criticism the huge following it has gained has been put down to the fact it just tells the story. There might be some slight inaccuracies or additions here and there, but that is to make it a connective story for TV. The outcome is a giving of permission for people to discuss the Bible and connect more," Burnett told APN. These are stories we all grew up with and know. But even people who have never heard these stories will be emotionally connected. You will be able to feel what it was like to be these people. It's gory, bloody, dirty. The actors don't look like they stepped out of a dry cleaner's. For tonight's double-episode opener on Nine think Game of Thrones meets the Old Testament in an epic of, well, biblical proportions. It all begins with Noah aboard the ark. ■ The Bible premieres on Channel 9 at 9pm tonight.