Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

ABC Cancels Controversial 'GCB' Series
Christian Post ^ | 05/13/2012 | Anugrah Kumar

Posted on 05/14/2012 11:01:25 AM PDT by aimhigh

ABC has canceled its freshman series with the controversial title "GCB," which some believed mocked Christians, as it failed to attract enough viewership.

(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abc; amen; antichristianbigotry; christians; disney; gcb; greatnews; hollywood; moralabsolutes; nevermind; television
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-140 next last
To: jimfree
The market works.

If you're going to rely on 'the market' to uphold Christian standards of behavior I've got some news for you.

21 posted on 05/14/2012 11:17:02 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

What does GCB mean so I can be appropriately offended?


22 posted on 05/14/2012 11:18:04 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (It is going to be Foot to Ass combat on election day....my foot and a Rat's ass.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012

Love her, yes,

but understand she’s working for the “other team”.
And I don’t mean the democRats. See tagline.


23 posted on 05/14/2012 11:18:14 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: AmonAmarth
No? You say the networks will never have the cajoles?

I think you meant frijones.

24 posted on 05/14/2012 11:19:31 AM PDT by Disambiguator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: AmonAmarth

>Good Muslum Bitches.<

.
That show will never fly.

Who wants to watch a bunch of moving burqas and occasionally some raghead moving among them hitting them with a switch?

Of course there are those among us who relish a realistic stoning scene once in awhile just before dinner. Those who expect a happy ending will be sorely disappointed.

Nah, it will never fly.


25 posted on 05/14/2012 11:20:07 AM PDT by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Disambiguator

What Mr. Amarth really means is b*lls but he is too much of a gentleman to mention it on FR.


26 posted on 05/14/2012 11:23:28 AM PDT by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: steve86

The market is not responsible for upholding Christian standards. But the market will punish those bigots who feel free to trash standards of a group in a way that is not shared by a large number of folks. The producers thought they were cute - the people said “it’s not really that funny.”


27 posted on 05/14/2012 11:23:45 AM PDT by jimfree (In Nov 2012 my 11 y/o granddaughter will have more relevant executive experience than Barack Obama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012
My sister, who along with her husband, is very liberal, loved it. I said I wouldn’t watch a show that disparaged Christians. She said I was a prude. Love her but we really are pretty much opposites.

You could have countered: would she watch a show that made fun of blacks, homosexuals, or Muslims?

28 posted on 05/14/2012 11:28:19 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

Who was the target audience?
Probably, if they created a show simular to The Andy Griffith Show. Basically, with quirky but good natured folks, with an occasional moral lesson, it would be gold.


29 posted on 05/14/2012 11:30:37 AM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the Statist)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 353FMG

I did, and I am. lol


30 posted on 05/14/2012 11:30:41 AM PDT by AmonAmarth (Wherever you go...There you are)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Leep

Everyone in my family loves “The Andy Griffith show” even my teenage daughters.


31 posted on 05/14/2012 11:32:08 AM PDT by AmonAmarth (Wherever you go...There you are)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

32 posted on 05/14/2012 11:32:35 AM PDT by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

Good to see you are still with us! Been a long time... those Seattle folk must be keeping you real busy I bet!


33 posted on 05/14/2012 11:33:15 AM PDT by JDoutrider
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Leep
Probably, if they created a show simular to The Andy Griffith Show.

Just call it, "CSI: Mayberry"

34 posted on 05/14/2012 11:33:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

What we gonna do right now is go back...way back...as we go a little somethin’ like thiiiiiis...

///

I know that sometimes supply creates its own demand. I’m not sure all that many people were, even secretly, harboring desires for “Sex And The City: Dallas Edition”.

29 posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:51:50 AM by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What’d I say?))

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2855846/posts

///

...Yay, me. I figured that thing would have trouble making it past 13 weeks. I should have put money on it.


35 posted on 05/14/2012 11:35:14 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

All money is fungible. The Hollywood-Media Complex will simply move the money from this failed effort into a different front in their 50 year war against Christianity.


36 posted on 05/14/2012 11:35:32 AM PDT by crusader71
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Java4Jay

ABC is waking up to market realities. Maybe the MSM will be next - then again maybe they’d rather go under...


37 posted on 05/14/2012 11:35:58 AM PDT by GOPJ ( "A Dog In Every Pot" - freeper ETL)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

Mind the tagline, it’s a true story. I worked with a lad that was always mocking Christians, and Christianity. He is a devout liberal atheist. As he was mocking Christians one day I asked him “why don’t you ever mock Islam and Muslims?” without even thinking about it he blurted out “Muslims are violent.”


38 posted on 05/14/2012 11:36:07 AM PDT by yank in the UK ( A liberal mocking Christianity. I asked "why don't you mock Islam?" he replied "Muslims are violent)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

It didn’t just mock Christians. It mocked Texans too. And of course, mocking Texas and other “red states” is back in vogue among the idiotic Obama leftists.

Ironically, my church-going Christian neighbors are the ones that told me about the show’s premiere when it was called “Good Christian Bitches”...and they seemed to think it was funny. I found that to be pretty amazing, considering how demeaning it was. Maybe they just aren’t bright enough to discern ridicule when they see it.


39 posted on 05/14/2012 11:38:03 AM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yank in the UK
As he was mocking Christians one day I asked him “why don’t you ever mock Islam and Muslims?” without even thinking about it he blurted out “Muslims are violent.”

At least he's honest about it.

40 posted on 05/14/2012 11:38:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-140 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson