Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/01/23 Young LeBron James. Just as TV’s Young Sheldon reaches back into the youth of Sheldon Cooper, the fictional Nobel Prize winner from The Big Bang Theory, Peacock’s Shooting Stars tells the origin story of the real-life basketball legend LeBron James. Based on the…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/26/23 Way to go! In a week when a deal has been announced between Angel Studios, the company behind the hit faith-based TV series The Chosen, and the Hollywood entertainment powerhouse Lionsgate allowing the latter company to represent sublicensing for the show worldwide (for…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 05/19/23 Channeling the future of TV. Over the past week or so I’ve reported on the upcoming slates of the successful faith-based distributors Angel Studios and Pure Flix. We’ve also seen the so-called mainstream broadcast networks (including, in order, CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03/10/23 It was a week for Selective Outrage and finger-pointing in the media. Above is internet firebrand Russell Brand on Bill Maher’s Real Time confronting MSNBC talking head John Heilemann about his selective outrage regarding Fox News.  Good stuff! Bonus: A short time later,…

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