Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Depressing comedy. From The Wrap: (Family Guy creator) Seth MacFarlane took off the gloves during”The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen” last weekend and unleashed some spectacularly nasty zingers at the actor’s expense. The comic pile on of the troubled “Two and…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. TNT’s 2012 slate includes possible Mitch Albom series. The 2011 season is just beginning but development for next year is already underway. Cable networks like USA and TNT have been gaining a lot of traction producing the kinds of shows broadcast networks…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Faith on display at 9/11 memorial ceremony. There was some controversy leading up to yesterday’s 10th anniversary event at Ground Zero regarding the exclusion of any sort of official religious invocation. I must say, if I was planning the itinerary, it would…

I’ve been away for a while – due to a combination of reasons good and bad (i.e. book deadlines, TV pilot work, storm-related blackouts, site glitches, etc.) But, hopefully, today’s effort somehow finds its way to you. Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Remembering 9/11. Odyssey Network’s inspirational…

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