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ABC has announced it’s fall schedule.  The new shows (details here) seem to offer some glimmer of hope that the era of TV’s forced edginess is beginning to give way to lighter-hearted, less-nasty fare.  I hope so. Here’s the night-by-night rundown (new shows in CAPS), followed by my comments and suggestions regarding other scheduling choices…

The Fox Broadcast Network unveiled it fall schedule to advertisers yesterday. Read about the shows and view videos here. As I did yesterday with NBC’s fall schedule, I’m indulging my network programmer  fantasy and offering my own out-of-the-box alternative to Fox’s plan (utilizing their own pilots)  which comes with the sensibilities of someone who believes…

NBC has announced its fall schedule. Here ‘s a night-by-night rundown. New shows are in caps. You can view clips from the new shows here. Following each nights rundown, I rundown my thoughts and have some fun pontificating about how I personally would have scheduled the night. True, I bring my Christian faith sensibilities to…

Catholic Bill O’Reilly takes on liberal Catholics over concept of “distributive justice.” Why do some liberals seem to  feel its okay to use religion to argue in favor of their  political positions but find it chilling when conservatives do so? The truth is we all bring our personal moral standards (often formed out of religious…

Family Guy is hardly family programming. So says the Parent Television Council’s Barbara Warburton who goes further and declares “Shows like these are leading toward the destruction of morality… nothing seems sacred anymore.” Her comments are particularly interesting because her son (actor Patrick Warburton) voices paralyzed cop Joe Swanson, one of the characters on the…

ABC announces its fall schedule next Tuesday. Here’s a list of what’s under consideration as compiled by The Wrap. Dramas Charlie’s Angels A remake of the ’70’s pop classic with Robert Wagner providing the voice of Charlie. Damage Control A P.R. spin doctor tries to save her clients from bad press. Georgetown Think of it…

Faith takes novel approach to Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandals. I’m in the middle of a very interesting new book (due out today, in fact) about the McGanns, a fictional Boston-based Catholic family for whom the scandals in the Church really hit home. When Sheila McGann’s half brother Fr. Art Breen finds himself accused, she…

Weekend box office: A hammer, fast cars and an outperforming broom sweep up 1. Thor Marvel’s Norse god of Thunder hammers down $66 million over its domestic debut his opening weekend. (No, being about a Norse god doesn’t necessarily make a movie “faith-based.”) 2.Fast Five Business remains fast and furious as the action sequel rakes…

Movie Review:  There Be Dragons tells a riveting story of the Catholic Church literally under fire. Synopsis: A journalist working on a biography of  the late Spanish priest (and Opus Dei founder) Josemaría Escrivá as he is considered canonization discovers a disconcerting story involving his own father. In a fictionalized saga revealed to the audience…

Welcome all  to Faith, Media & Culture, a blog aimed at providing news and commentary on the crossroads between faith and the culture at large — including updates on new and upcoming faith-based films, television, books and music. The name change (from Catholics, Media & Culture) is aimed at reflecting the fact that the site…
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