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October 2016

October 20, 2016

Crazy ‘Pope,’ Fighting to Kill and a Death Asteroid: Your Terrifying TV News of the Day

And you thought politics was rough. Before we've even had the inestimable treat of seeing...

October 10, 2016

Hollywood Hypocrisy on the Degradation of Women

Back when I was a full-time entertainment journalist, I was once in a table reading for...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

‘Speechless’: Freshman Family Comedy Gets a Full-Season Order at ABC

Surprisingly good (at least the pilot was) ABC comedy celebrates family and human dignity.

September 27, 2016

‘This is Us’: NBC Family Drama Gets a Full-Season Order

The show's warmhearted pilot did well enough in the ratings to score a full-season order...

September 26, 2016

‘Conan’ Sidekick Andy Richter Is ‘Eternally Grateful’ His Then-Girlfriend Aborted Their Child at Planned Parenthood

Andy Richter, longtime sidekick to Conan O'Brien, currently the host of "Conan" on TBS, recently...

September 22, 2016

Fox’s Promising ‘The Exorcist’: The Devil Is in the Details

Did the Devil make Fox reboot "The Exorcist"? Nope -- and he probably doesn't like...

September 19, 2016

‘Kevin Can Wait’: Should Catholics Wait to See It?

Is the Faith more than window dressing -- or a wall decoration -- in the...

September 16, 2016

TLC Axes ‘The Willis Family’ After Patriarch Is Arrested for Child Rape

We all want to see Christians in media, but there's a real danger when faith,...

September 13, 2016

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’: Faith Friendly? Family Suitable? Good as You’ve Heard?

In order: Kinda. It depends. Pretty much.

September 12, 2016

‘Harry’: Catholic Harry Connick Jr. Wants the Pope on His New Talk Show

The singer/actor and proud Catholic plans to bring the party to daytime TV.

September 05, 2016

HBO’s ‘The Young Pope’ Is An ‘Amusing, Unpredictable and Irreverent Vatican Fantasy’

Might be good for a laugh.

August 2016

August 22, 2016

‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ Ends: The Dad Brand Is Strong With Him

For Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan, five kids trump three seasons of a TV show.

August 14, 2016

What Does Hollywood ‘Diversity’ Mean for Catholic Characters?

As TV and movies work to represent their audience more accurately, Christians in general, and...

August 08, 2016

John Oliver: And Now the News — Or Not. (Video)

Journalism is dying on the vine -- and we're all going thirsty for real news.

August 04, 2016

HBO Chief: ‘The Young Pope’ ‘Not Wildly Inaccurate’

For what it's worth, HBO's programming chief says that "fanciful" is a good word for...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

Catholic ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Star Clarence Gilyard Jr. Hits World Youth Day in Krakow

A little bit of Texas hit Krakow this week -- or, at least, a little...

July 29, 2016

‘Sharknado: The 4th Awakens’: And There Were Shepards …

Why do so many action and disaster films feature fractured couples and/or families reuniting? Ya...

July 24, 2016

‘Wipeout’ Wiped Out: Ah, Sable Ranch, I Knew Ye Well

Among the casualties of the Sand Fire north of Los Angeles was a popular location...

July 22, 2016

Fox Staging Mock Exorcisms at Comic-Con to Boost ‘The Exorcist’ Reboot

Between aliens and comic-book characters, Fox offers up fake exorcism for fun in San Diego.

July 04, 2016

Post-Independence Day, TV Stars’ Favorite Founding Fathers

From the archives, some TV stars pluck their inspirations from Revolutionary War history.

June 2016

June 29, 2016

How’s Fox’s Catholic Neil Cavuto After His Open Heart Surgery?

Checking in on the Catholic FNC/FBN anchor and editor, who already has MS and underwent...

June 15, 2016

HBO’s ‘The Young Pope’ Smokes Cigarettes and Dons a Big Hat in Teaser Trailer

A limited series about the first American pontiff, starring British actor Jude Law, tries hard...

June 12, 2016

Catholic Athlete Brings Prayer to ‘Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge’

Do Catholicism and extreme sports go together? Athlete Kaiser Johnson definitely thinks so -- and...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

‘Captain America: Civil War,’ ‘Daredevil’ and the Psychology of Sacrifice

Deep questions about friendship, sacrifice, life, death and faith play out in a pair of...

May 16, 2016

The Good, the Bad, ‘The Real O’Neals’

So, ABC/Disney's "Catholic" comedy get a second season, but it's not as bad as it...

May 14, 2016

Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan Address Grads at the Catholic University of America

The spouses and producing partners -- of comedy, a TV show and five children --...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

‘The Story of God’ and the Problem of Evil

Did the Devil make us do it, or do we do it by ourselves? Yes...

April 23, 2016

On Mercy: Pope Francis vs. ‘Game of Thrones’

A faithful Catholic and "Game of Thrones" fan contrasts how Church teaching and the TV...

April 20, 2016

‘The Story of God’ With Morgan Freeman: Prose vs. Poetry in ‘Creation’

In trying to link the scientific story of the Big Bang to stories of creation,...

April 17, 2016

EWTN’s Father Mitch Pacwa Survives a Heart Attack

The Jesuit priest and mainstay of EWTN survives a heart attack and asks for prayers.

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