or Dinner with the GOP
NBC will probably claim the show was just too controversial, but usually controversy makes for good buzz. [The Book of] Daniel was just boring, and for an obvious reason: Hollywood executives seem convinced that dinnertime at any religious home sounds like the 1992 Republican convention, with everyone screaming about gays and sex and other culture war issues.
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Christians don’t necessarily like to watch shows about other Christians, any more than I want to watch programs about thirtysomething Jewish journalists.
– Hanna Rosin, from an interesting Slate essay about TV’s attempts to promote shows about spirituality, and why those shows so often end up on Friday night.
(Hat tip to Mark J. at the TV Barn 2 message board.)
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