Posted on 01/17/2006 8:17:11 PM PST by LdSentinal
NBC'S "THE BOOK OF DANIEL" may be off the air soon--more because of Nielsen issues than sins against a higher power.
Ratings for the controversial drama dropped 23 percent Friday among adults 18-49 versus its Jan. 6 premiere. With a 2.2 mark, the show lost 36 percent of its "Dateline" lead-in. (Viewers declined by two million, or 29 percent, compared to the week before.)
A call to NBC on Monday was not returned; the network's Web site says the show is scheduled to air this Friday.
The drama about a liberal Episcopalian priest who pops pills and has a gay son sparked a protest by the conservative American Family Association, which charged that it "demeans the Christian faith." The AFA urged people to call their local NBC affiliates and ask them not to air the show, which several stations did. The group also targeted advertisers that supported the show's first episode.
But in the end, the declining ratings may do the AFA's bidding.
"The real mark against 'The Book of Daniel' is not any antipathy it might show toward the family or sympathy for the devil," wrote The New York Times. "The real objection is that it's just not very good."
It is a pathetic show. that is for sure/
How to make it a hit? Convert the characters to Islam, center everything around a mosque, and add a laugh track.
Stick a fork in this turkey and hope such garbage is never again resurrected.
It is both disrespectful and B-O-R-I-N-G by most accounts.
Neither is Hollywood anymore. They are so divorced from reality.
I don't spend my money on traitors, freaks and perverts anymore.
Suuuuuuure.
I guess they will try again, with another show that tries to make a mockery of Christianity -- but next time, they will make it a quality show.
from the link: "Ratings for the controversial drama dropped 23 percent Friday among adults 18-49 versus its Jan. 6 premiere. With a 2.2 mark, the show lost 36 percent of its "Dateline" lead-in. (Viewers declined by two million, or 29 percent, compared to the week before.)"
So it looks like it hurt Dateline, as well.
Gee, you'd think sooner or later someone at the networks would connect the DOTS.
So you're saying pissing in middle America's face AND being dull isn't going to garner an audience?
Maybe they should make it more irreverent.....
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And [the LORD] changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
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He revealeth the deep and secret things (yea, which television shows sucketh): he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
So what if nobody is watching it, it won't stop SoddomWood from giving it every award they have! Perhaps they should try the same attacks on Mooselips??
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
LOL!
IMHO, this program answers that question.
If the three major networks disappeared tomorrow, no one in my family (except maybe my 21-year-old daughter) would even notice.
We are all more interested in Discovery, The Learning Channel, the History Channel, AMC, TCM, and even the occasional PBS special.
Network prime time shows are formulaic drivel, except for maybe Monk, '24', Law & Order, NYPD Blue and Crossing Jordan.
Yeah, a few tens of millions of Christians who refuse to watch it couldn't have anything to do with those ratings.
[shaking head]
MM
Gee,make a TV show that highlights about every dysfunction our society can think to offer and than wonder why it isn`t good.</rolling eyes>
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