Posted on 01/24/2006 6:02:52 PM PST by Greg o the Navy
LOS ANGELES - The last chapter of the controversial religious drama "The Book of Daniel" has been written at NBC. Although the network stopped short of saying the low-rated show was canceled, a spokeswoman said Tuesday it has been dropped from the schedule.
Greg
NBC Cancels "Book of Daniel"
Thank God.
It's all for the best.The preacher can join the Dixie Chicks tour and make the fast food runs for his wife. You know...Natalie...the fat one?
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| Posted by truthfinder9 On Religion ^ 01/24/2006 6:44:15 PM CST · 4 replies · 65+ views NBC's anti-Christian program The Book of Daniel has been cancelled! Your efforts, combined with those of hundreds of thousands of other AFA Online supporters, had an impact. NBC's decision to pull The Book of Daniel shows the power of the pocketbook. NBC didn't want to eat their economic losses. Had NBC not had to eat millions of dollars each time it aired, NBC would have kept The Book of Daniel on the air. Because of your efforts, the sponsors dropped the program. NBC then decided it didn't want to continue the fight. Even an impassioned plea by Daniel's producer Jack... |
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| Posted by nmh On News/Activism ^ 01/24/2006 11:39:09 AM CST · 177 replies · 3,437+ views afa.net ^ | 1/24/06 | Donald E. Wildman Because of your efforts, NBC cancels 'Book of Daniel' Dear (just received this through e-mail), NBC's anti-Christian program The Book of Daniel has been cancelled! Your efforts, combined with those of hundreds of thousands of other AFA Online supporters, had an impact. NBC's decision to pull The Book of Daniel shows the power of the pocketbook. NBC didn't want to eat their economic losses. Had NBC not had to eat millions of dollars each time it aired, NBC would have kept The Book of Daniel on the air. Because of your efforts, the sponsors dropped the program. NBC then decided... |
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| NBC cancels "Book of Daniel" -- Stay tuned for the premiere of "Jesus: The TV Show ^ |
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| Posted by presidio9 On News/Activism ^ 01/24/2006 9:58:18 AM CST · 69 replies · 2,191+ views Men's News Daily ^ | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 A television network tried to tackle religion once again, with the same old results. NBC's controversial program, "The Book of Daniel", about an Episcopal priest named Daniel Webster who is a pill-popper with a drunken wife, drug dealing daughter, gay Republican son, and bisexual aunt, has been canceled. You just can't make a show about "Any family USA" these days, can you? Once again, middle America gets a slap in the face. Jesus was also a recurring character on the program. It's really too bad that the program was canceled before NBC could produce the obligatory "tonight, on a very... |
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| Posted by Keith in Iowa On News/Activism ^ 01/24/2006 3:12:54 AM CST · 58 replies · 1,808+ views WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 1/23/06 | WND NBC's "The Book of Daniel" may have launched to great controversy and hoopla. But, today, the show ended with a whimper – pulled unceremoniously from NBC's Friday night schedule, effective immediately, with no more of an announcement than an entry on an NBC blog by creator Jack Kenny. |
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NBC will blame right-wingers for scaring away viewers, but in reality this show failed because it was unbelievably boring. Boring story, boring characters, bad writing, and poor acting.
And it sucked.
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