FAITH ON THE (SMALL) SCREEN: IN THE US, A TV GOD FOR THE AGE OF ANXIETY
CATHLEEN FALSANI, of Religion News Service, looks at whether there’a about to be a “religion renaissance” on the small screen…
TV: US NETWORK CBS HOPES VIEWERS WILL WANT TO WATCH, IF NOT LIVE, ‘BIBLICALLY’
KIMBERLY WINSTON, of Religion News Service, reports on how TV shows in the US are embracing faith issues…
Is God on Facebook? US network CBS hopes so, in possible new show
RNS CBS has ordered a pilot episode for ‘God Friended Me’. ILLUSTRATION: Kit Doyle. “The Creation of Adam” image courtesy of Creative Commons A smarty-pants atheist friends “God” on Facebook – and God friends him back. That could be the elevator pitch for God Friended Me, a potential new hourlong television drama-comedy from CBS. CBS […]
Della Reese, minister and star of ‘Touched by an Angel’, dies at 86
RNS An October 1991 photo of actress Della Reese. PICTURE: AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac. Della Reese, a onetime gospel singer and groundbreaking African-American talk show host later known for her lead role in the TV series Touched by an Angel, has died at age 86. She died on Sunday, according to a statement from her series […]