Posted on 01/24/2006 1:12:54 AM PST by Keith in Iowa
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
I think the show did a real service by showing how corrupt and hopeless the currrent Episcopal Church really is. The writers probably didn't intend it that way, but that's what happened.
Keep ignoring it - its going away!
Dear Cole
As the manager of this station I care nothing about the "morals" of the community. It is simply not my job. It is each individual's duty to look after their own morals, and the duty of parents to govern and teach their children morals as they see fit.
However, I do very much care about the advertising revenue that each time slot produces. "The Book of Daniel" showed every sign of having minimal or even negative revenue in its time slot. As my duty to the owners and shareholders of my station requires, I have discontinued the show in its current time slot for something potentially more profitable, like "I Dream of Jeanie" re-runs. If the option becomes available, I will move "The Book of Daniel to a more appropriate time where it has the potential to increase station revenue, say 2 AM.
Thank you very much for your letter.
The WSMV Management.
Narnia is still in the theatres, still making big bucks.
Brokeback Mountain hasn't made that much money but somehow the studio is keeping that thing in the theatres. Hoping for more bucks, by keeping it "alive"?
When I've gone to the threatre over the past 2 weeks, I've checked in the "Brokeback" theatre for grins and giggles. Every time, there's been 1 or 2 "couples", of the same sex, and usually male, to see "their" movie. I've almost laughed out loud while seeing how few were in there, and the same gender pairs in there.
Do you think Hollyweird "gets" the message? No, they don't. They want to proselytize, over and over, convincing Americans that there are more of "them" than there are.
For 3% of the population, I do not have to be nice. Democracy rules, they lose - except where they use that dang PC card which is the only way they can continue to get "their" message across.
The good news just keeps on coming this week! : )
(Kevin Reilly, NBC Entertainment president, said the network's reluctance to order more episodes had more to do with the series' sluggish ratings performance than controversy.
"We're going to continue to put on creative programming, regardless of any possible controversy," Reilly said last week.)
I guess this means NBC has no problem showing ANYTHING no matter how evil as long as it draws enough ratings. Why don't they show the torture and beheading of Nick Berg? There's nothing more dangerous than people who believe in no God nor in good and evil to have power.
I agree with this statement, but the real problem is the MSM telling everyone how great something is, IE Brokeback Mountain, and the masses believes it...Watch and see BM win Oscars for every catagory entered, while the vast majority believe the film to be puke-spew. Actors/Movies competing against BM must feel a little put down, because they know that no matter how good the work, a couple of queers giving eack other blowjobs, will win..
Actors/Movies competing against BM must feel a little put down, because they know that no matter how good the work, a couple of queers giving eack other blowjobs, will win.In an industry where almost every actor, director and writer parrots the leftist/gay-agenda party line, I don't feel sorry for them. Not one bit.
Let them show some spine first, then I might empathize with their situation.
I spent a couple hours with a bunch of people from my old Episcopal church the other day. It was sad because I like them and I miss them. But I know how twisted and perverse the church and my parish are. There is no going back. I was warned it was better to make a clean break, and I see why, but I work with a couple of people from there and it isn't quite that cut and dried.
OTOH, I had a chance to talk about Catholicism with a fellow who is very theologically sound and who is doing his dissertation on Lewis' writings. He was open to the Church. I wish I had had a chance to bring up G.K. Chesterton with him, as he told me a story of having dinner with Lewis' secretary and finding he had converted to Catholicism because that is where the core of Christianity is now located. And where it must be defended, IMO. That's why I'm there. A defender of the Faith. That's what I am.
Leno is so lame, he ought to be cancelled. I know, I know, he pulls ratings. I don't really have anything against him, but I don't think he's very funny.
How about "Taliban Seventh Heaven?"
Want to be that Cole Wakefield is not a "devout Christian". I bet that his is also say that he is a "Republican and I voted for Bush".
ha--that's right, liberals just don't get that TV stations are supposed to make a profit and that show just wasn't
cutting it. By the way I found the blog this way: I think there was something at BoreAmerica.com ("listening to Air
America so you don't have to") about Nashville wanting an Air America station, and they mentioned a low-power (legal,
not a pirate) station for the "community"--I went to their site and found basically all-lefty, all the time. When I
clicked on a show called "Christian Dissent" it bought me to that blog, and thus the letter to Music City's NBC
affiliate :)
Speaking of Nashville, I briefly visited that city in June
(went to Country Music Hall of Fame and Ernest Tubb's;
basically I was going to Memphis and was cheaper to
fly to Nashville then rent a car to go to Memphis, etc.).
I figured most Nashvillians are conservative but it is
the state capitol, and I knew government workers were likely to be libs. Sure enough, as I drove I saw stickers
like "W--Not My President" and leftover Kerry-Edwards
stickers.
And Johnny Cash sings:
They were long on musical ability
Folks thought they would go far
But political incompatibility led to their downfall
Well, the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear was a Methodist
This musical aggregation toured the entire nation
Singing the traditional ballads
And the folk songs of our land
They performed with great virtuosity
And soon they were the rage
But political animosity prevailed upon the stage
Well, the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear burned his driver's license
...
Now this should be a lesson if you plan to start a folk group
Don't go mixin' politics with the folk songs of our land
Just work on harmony and diction
Play your banjo well
And if you have political convictions keep them to yourself
In this case, he's just lying. They ordered only eight episodes to start with. They knew from preview testing that it was iffy at best, and they knew it before the first episode was aired.
I fully agree with you. I work in the picture framing industry, and work around many gay people. They all love the 'bareback' movie, and anything that slams conservatives and/or Christians. You are right; even though they are in a very small percentage of the human population, they seem to truly think that is the way most Americans (who are 'intelligent') think and believe. They are completely delusional.
When 3 of your 5 sponsors understand it's not worth it, it's not worth it. I guess.
I'm waiting for Babs to start issuing statements of censorship concerning NBC's yank of Daniel.
Gee, and to think that they cancelled the wonderful, pro-family, positive "Three Wishes" with Amy Grant to put this trash on.
Thank GOD it got cancelled. Now maybe NBC and Hollyweird will get "the message" that we want quality programming that isn't a direct affront to the values that our country was founded on.
Happy day...I saw a few minutes of it and it was horrifyingly stupid...and smarmy.
Just like Liberals.
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