Saints & Sinners’ premiere episode on Sunday pulled in 1.3 million viewers across two airings, making it the highest-rated and most-watched program in Bounce TV’s history, according to the network.

The premiere 9 PM ET telecast of the hourlong drama series on Sunday, March 6 (483,000 Households), and an encore airing at 12 midnight ET/9 PM PT, combined to reach 1.3 million unduplicated viewers, the network says.

Saints & Sinners centers around the pursuit of power, intertwined with greed, deception, corruption and murder – all set against the backdrop of a large southern church. Vanessa Bell Calloway, Christian Keyes, Keith Robinson, Clifton Powell, Gloria Reuben, J.D. Williams, Jasmine Burke, Afemo Omilami and Richard Lawson star.