[fiscally_right]

You might find a show mindless or humorless, but if Will and Grace or Queer Eye took a ratings dive, NBC would cut them in a hot second, whatever their 'prejudices.' I love the Simpsons, but the portrayal of Christians in that show isn't exactly favorable.

I honestly don't think that a show which revolved around a positive portrayal of Christianity would get good ratings. Of course I could be wrong, you never know until you try. I know you're probably thinking "well Hollywood doesn't try because of their bias." To that I don't really have an answer, but if I were them, I'd stick with Fear Factor and Average Joe and Queer Eye, since the ratings/cost ratios of those shows are astounding. Their job is to sell advertising, after all.

[WOSG]

Your argument is circular. these shows are around because they are marketed to succeed. Hollywood knows that PG movies get more money than R movies, but they put the sex n violence in because it's their way. It's also their way to sell moral degeneration 9 times out of 10, and to copy those kinds of shows, yet a successful show eg "touched by an angel" gets no copycats.

If you check the MRC (www.mrc.org) web site, they have plenty of stories of how hollywood will do the 'left' thing and the morally degrading thing even when it HURTS their ratings. Not to mention their bullying moralisms that they shove into the nooks and crannies of any show they can:

http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2003/col20031126.asp