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Posted on 01/04/2006 1:11:05 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
NBC affiliate WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana, has become the first station to announce they will not be showing "The Book of Daniel.”
"We expect other NBC affiliates will join WTWO in their decision,” said American Family Association (AFA) Chairman Donald E. Wildmon.
He also said that NBC is having trouble finding sponsors for the show. AFA says it has been notified by several companies that they have no plans to sponsor the show.
"It appears that NBC will be forced to fill the available ad spots with ‘distressed merchandise’ ads which are sold at pennies on the dollar of the going rate, and with ‘make good’ ads which bring in no money to the network,” Wildmon said.
Wildmon said that other NBC affiliates, bombarded with hundreds of phone calls protesting the manner in which Christians and Christianity are depicted, will refuse to carry the program. "We are tired of NBC’s anti-Christian bigotry,” he stated.
The program’s main characters include Daniel Webster, a drug-addicted Episcopal priest; his alcoholic wife; his son, a 23-year-old homosexual Republican; his daughter, a 16-year-old drug dealer; a 16-year-old adopted son who is having sex with the bishop's daughter; his lesbian secretary who is sleeping with his sister-in-law; and a very unconventional white-robed, bearded Jesus who talks to the priest.
According to media reports, the show is written by Jack Kenny, a practicing homosexual who describes himself as being "in Catholic recovery,” is interested in Buddhist teachings about reincarnation and isn't sure exactly how he defines God and/or Jesus. "I don't necessarily know that all the myth surrounding him (Jesus) is true,” he said.
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If NBC really wanted to be 'courageous' they would do a sitcom about a jihadist family trying to fit in.
I actually wrote an email to my NBC local affiliate. Hopefully they will follow this affiliate's lead.
They can moon the public but the sponsors can't afford to...
Remember "The Reagans"!!
the show is distressed merchandise.
Thanks for posting. I've already sent an email to WMC in Memphis... General Manager, Community Affairs, Programming, and Sales Manager.
I'd encourage all Freepers to contact your local affiliate, as well.
"The program’s main characters include Daniel Webster, a drug-addicted Episcopal priest; his alcoholic wife; his son, a 23-year-old homosexual Republican; his daughter, a 16-year-old drug dealer; a 16-year-old adopted son who is having sex with the bishop's daughter; his lesbian secretary who is sleeping with his sister-in-law; and a very unconventional white-robed, bearded Jesus who talks to the priest. "
Gee... just like my family...
...the show is written by Jack Kenny, a practicing homosexual...
Keep practicing, Jack. Maybe you'll get it right in the end.
The people behind the decision don't care if the show makes money. They want propaganda for their leftist causes, they relish tweaking mainstream america with blasphemy.
There's only so much exploration of the underbelly of human existence that people are willing to watch on TV or at the movies.
Clearly, we have reached our limit.
Seriously, my husband & I already decided not to watch the show anyway.
Hey, that TFAL is good stuff.
I remember in the 1970s into the '80s almost every movie and many TV shows had a sheet wearing arab character acting either sinister or comical.
Can't wait for the calls of "censorship" from pot smoking liberals.
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