I’ve had this story sitting here for a while. Today there is fresh news on the topic.

NBC is rolling out a mid-season replacement show called “Book of Daniel”. The show centers around a “Liberal Episcopal” priest, hooked on pain killers who has face to face conversations with a “hip, modern Jesus.” Yyyyeah. I’m sure that won’t offend anybody.

It gets better. Ed Vitagliano, from the American Family Association, has viewed the premiere episode and tells us about the wholesome, every-day-Christian family and friends that Rev. Daniel hangs with. (Full review article)

“His wife struggles with an alcohol problem … while his 16-year-old daughter is arrested for selling drugs … his 16-year-old adopted son is having sex with the bishop’s daughter, and his brother-in-law has run off with his secretary – after stealing more than $3 million in diocese funds … Daniel’s oldest son is a proud homosexual, and in one scene the mother is shown encouraging the 23-year-old that soon he will find the right guy and settle down. Daniel’s secretary, according to press reports, is a lesbian who begins an affair with his sister-in-law in a later episode.”

I wonder if the person who came up with this show has some kind of vendetta against the church or maybe even has no idea what Christianity is all about? Hmmm. Well, it just so happens that “the series is written by Jack Kenny, a practicing homosexual who describes himself as being ‘in Catholic recovery,’ … and isn’t sure exactly how he defines God and/or Jesus. ‘I don’t necessarily know that all the myth surrounding him (Jesus) is true,’ he said.” (from another AFA article)

I found an “inside-Hollywood” blog that described the show thus:

“It actually looks a lot like Desperate Housewives – lots of houses shown, with various people having sex and/or hiding secrets.”

Yyyeah. That’s just what TV needs. *Sigh*

Already the uproar is having some effect. Two NBC affiliates, one in Indiana and one in Arkansas have announced that they will not broadcast Book of Daniel. I hope that more local stations will do what Hollywood never will: recognize a crappy, inflammatory, anti-God show for what it is and refuse to air it.

Well, I’m going to have to call up our local NBC affiliate and let them know that if they air this show, I’m going to have to watch Monk instead. (Oh, wait. I would be watching Monk anyway. Nevermind then.)