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Tomorrow (Saturday/Sept. 25 @ 8:00 PM ET) CNN will air an investigative documentary on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal called What the Pope Knew. The hour-long report is anchored by Gary Tuchman.  This is the conclusion of my three-part interview with Mr. Tuchman about what he found. JWK: How would you compare Pope Benedict…

Continuing my interview with CNN’s Gary Tuchman about this Saturday’s documentary on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal (What the Pope Knew, Saturday @ 8:00 PM [ET]), I asked him if it was difficult obtaining interviews with both the victims and the Vatican itself. JWK: Were the victims eager to talk with you? TUCHMAN: Not…

This Saturday night at 8:00 PM (ET) CNN will air a special one-hour documentary about the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. The program, entitled What the Pope Knew will be reported by Gary Tuchman. I spoke to him about what he found. Here is part one (of three) of an edited transcript of that interview.…

Ever the optimist, I decided to check out last night’s premiere of Mike and Molly on CBS. It took optimism to do because virtually all the current sitcoms on network TV fall into one of two categories. The first are the edgy single-camera jobs (think Scrubs or Cougar Town) that are so busy being visually…

While British police continued to investigate a possible plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI during his trip to London, the Pontiff delivered a speech to the country’s political elite gathered at Westminster Hall in which he spoke of the need to balance religious faith and reason. To let either exert undue control over the other,…

Restaurant week continues in this space. After my impassioned defense of McDonald’s from the food police yesterday, today I’d like to weigh in on a lawsuit involving the International House of Pancakes. And, of course, I’d like to conduct this weigh-in before breakfast. It seems the restaurant is suing the International House of Prayer because…

A new PSA debuting this week during The Daily Show on Comedy Central  depicts an overweight corpse sprawled out on a stretcher clutching his hamburger while a doctor (or at least some guy in a white coat) attempts to console a woman (probably his wife) who apparently forgot to mail in his last life insurance…

Poor Bill Maher. The host of HBO’s Real Time told the Hollywood Reporter that he’ll never win an Emmy because “A panel of like 10 people watches one tape. If half of those people are religious, that probably eliminates me right there. A lot of people wouldn’t vote for such an outspoken atheist, someone who…

Last week I wrote in space about why, while I believe the concept of a conservative/traditional values TV network is a good one with a large waiting market, I have doubts with the approach being taken by Kelsey Grammer’s new Right Network. Those problems included the name (too strident), the emphasis on politics (true values…

On this way when all Americans and all people of good will remember with sadness the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Pope John Paul II’s words delivered to a general audience the day after the attacks remain as true and moving today as they were then. They are worth remembering. JOHN PAUL II GENERAL…
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