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November 2015

November 27, 2015

Shooting Rampage at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Clinic (UPDATED)

What we know: On Friday, Nov. 27, at about 11:38 a.m. local time a lone...

November 24, 2015

No Abortion ‘Scandal,’ Just a Baby Boy Left in a Nativity Scene

While TV writer/producer Shonda Rhimes is called "brave" for having her wealthy, privileged lead character...

November 21, 2015

‘Scandal’ and Abortion: Offense Intended?

I'm not here to debate abortion (my opinion is not a secret; you're entitled to...

November 20, 2015

The Essential Humanity of NatGeo’s Superb ‘Saints & Strangers’

We are all humans passing through history -- this is one of those stories.

November 18, 2015

‘Fargo’s’ Noah Hawley to Adapt Vonnegut’s Science/Religion Satire ‘Cat’s Cradle’ for FX

FX's adaptation of "Fargo," currently in its second season on Mondays, has turned out to...

November 17, 2015

‘The Voice’: Jordan Smith Honors God With ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’

Singer Jordan Smith has been wowing the judges on the NBC singing-competition show "The Voice,"...

November 14, 2015

‘Of Kings and Prophets’: Crime Writer Tackles the Books of Samuel for ABC

A veteran TV-drama writer takes on an ancient tale of how a man speaking for...

November 11, 2015

‘Lucifer’ Rises in January on Fox

On Friday, Jan. 15, "Hell's Kitchen" returns to the Fox schedule, but aside from a...

November 09, 2015

PBS & Ric Burns Want Americans to Understand our ‘Debt of Honor’ to Vets

From my latest for The Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, via...

November 09, 2015

Ex-Scientologist Leah Remini: Catholicism Is ‘What Religion Is Supposed to Be’

In a new cover story in People, actress and TLC reality star Leah Remini -- a...

November 05, 2015

‘Preacher’: AMC Goes on a Violent Search for God

"Preacher" doesn't premiere until mid-2016, but AMC -- home to "The Walking Dead" and "Hell...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

St. Louis Archdiocese Objects to Destination America’s NON-Catholic ‘Exorcism Live!’

Batten down the hatches, St. Louis, cablenet Destination America is playing with fire, offering a...

October 24, 2015

Victorian-era ‘Sherlock’ Premieres New Year’s Day (US & UK)

Today in the inbox, hot off the press from PBS: MEDIA ADVISORY MASTERPIECE and PBS...

October 14, 2015

‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer Released — Catholic Guilt and All

This past weekend, attendees at New York Comic Con saw a teaser trailer for the...

October 10, 2015

Is Kirsten Powers Pope Francis’ Latest Convert?

Christianity Today thinks so, in reacting to the announcement on Friday, Oct. 9, on Fox...

October 09, 2015

‘Gosnell’ Director Nick Searcy Has Words of Film Wisdom

Today on Facebook, actor/director Nick Searcy ("Justified"), who's currently at the helm of the "Gosnell"...

October 05, 2015

Three ‘Friday Night Lights’ Men — And a Baby

In January 2012, I spent a blustery day on the set of The CW's "Hart...

October 04, 2015

‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream’: Eric Mabius on Serving a Soldier’s Story

Some cultural elites dismissed writer/producer Martha Williamson's "Touched by an Angel" as lightweight fluff, because...

October 02, 2015

‘Empire’ vs. ‘Nashville’: A Fan Weighs In

In the battle of the primetime music-based soaps, I'm a noncombatant. So I turned to...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

‘My Brother’s Bomber’: A ‘Frontline’ Filmmaker Pursues a Personal Quest for Lockerbie Justice

Finding the truth won't bring a loved one back, but sometimes, it's the last gift...

September 24, 2015

PBS Looks at the Lives of ‘Chaplains’

The lives of chaplains have become increasingly complicated, as, especially in the military, they're often...

September 24, 2015

TV Loves Pope Francis, So Why Are We Losing the Culture Wars?

Over at CatholicVote, I look at the way that Pope Francis' visit to the U.S....

September 08, 2015

Time Warner Cable Creates New Channel for U.S. Papal Visit

EWTN is going to get some serious competition in the papal-news business when Pope Francis...

September 06, 2015

Leah Remini Has Come Home to Rome, Baptizes Daughter

Baptized Catholic actress Leah Remini spent quite a while deeply involved with Scientology, but because...

September 05, 2015

Amazon’s ‘Hand of God’: What You Can’t See in This Picture …

... is that the man behind Ron Perlman's arm may be wearing a clerical collar...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Pope Francis to Answer Americans’ Questions Friday on ABC

In a special edition of ABC News' "20/20," airing Friday, Sept. 4, anchor David Muir...

August 28, 2015

‘Scandal’ Creator Shonda Rhimes Takes on Catholic Nuns

ABC sure seems to love Catholics these days, but not in a good way. The...

August 23, 2015

HBO’s ‘Ballers’: The Secret Broken Heart of The Rock

On the surface, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appears to have it all -- the former...

August 18, 2015

After ‘A.D.’: Dolly Parton & Angels Are the Future of Faith at NBC

On the last day of the biannual TV Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills,,...

August 13, 2015

The Texans’ ‘Hard Knocks’: J.J. Watt Works; Arian Foster Says ‘No’ to God

There's no substitute for putting in the work. In the season premiere of HBO's NFL-documentary...

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