“Lifetime got it right this time around with the biographical film about the gospel group The Clark Sisters. The debut of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel garnered more viewers than any of their other TV films this year.

“According to reports, the biopic has become Lifetime’s highest-rated original movie in the past four years. The First Ladies of Gospel had 2.7 million viewers during its April 11th debut.

““God is so faithful when others say you can’t GOD SAYS YOU CAN!,” Karen Clark Sheard said on Instagram about the high ratings. “That is just amazing and literally has us all speechless 2.7 Million Viewers. We thank you all so much, we love you.”

“Clark Sheard also pointed out on IG that the Encore of the biopic brought in 10.2 million views, five times more than the night of the debut.”

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