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  • Modern-day Jesus coming to NBC television

    07/20/2005 6:57:04 AM PDT · by ZGuy · 71 replies · 1,567+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 7/16/05 | Steve Gorman
    A modern-day Jesus is coming to prime-time television. The NBC network, eager for new hits to reverse a ratings slump, said on Friday it has given a mid-season 2005-06 commitment to a new drama titled "The Book of Daniel," depicting Christ as a contemporary confidant to a pill-popping priest. The series stars Aidan Quinn ("Legends of the Fall") as conflicted Episcopal minister and family man, the Rev. Daniel Webster, and Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn as his bishop. The character of Jesus is portrayed by relative newcomer Garret Dillahunt, a regular on HBO's gritty, Emmy-nominated western "Deadwood." He played the man who...