television
PBS film explores how we go gently – or kicking and screaming – into the night
By Aysha Khan — March 26, 2018
(RNS) - Veteran filmmaker Helen Whitney asks nine men and women grappling with death to tell their stories in this two-hour documentary.
Scientology Network making TV debut
By USA Today — March 12, 2018
(USA Today) — After years of being skewered by programs like "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath," the controversial church with a celebrity following is taking to TV to tell its own truth.
CBS hopes viewers will want to watch, if not live, ‘Biblically’
By Kimberly Winston — February 28, 2018
(RNS) — The network enlisted the aid of actual clergy to make 'Living Biblically' more realistic and, hopefully, more funny.
Billy Graham: evangelical media pioneer
By Ted Parks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — Billy Graham's sometimes daring innovations were guided by the simple motivation to remain faithful to a divine message and proclaim it in the most effective way possible.
Is God on Facebook? CBS hopes so, in possible new show
By Kimberly Winston — January 31, 2018
(RNS) — Will audiences watch a sitcom about a guy who talks to God?
Getting religion (close to) right on YouTube
By Andrew Henry — January 3, 2018
(RNS) — Since the cancellation of Reza Aslan's 'Believer' series on CNN, another educational show about religion has skated largely under the radar of scholars.
‘The Vietnam Years’: How the conflict ripped the nation’s religious fabric
By Don Lattin — September 8, 2017
(RNS) — America is about to relive the horror and deep divisions spawned by the U.S. war in Vietnam — convulsions that also tore apart the nation’s religious fabric and still echo across the political and cultural landscape.
Christian network kicks off new politics show with Sean Spicer as guest
By Kimberly Winston — July 19, 2017
(RNS) The presidential press secretary's appearance underscores the Christian media's access to President Trump.
Bigger mysteries, fewer answers in ‘The Leftovers’ finale
By Kimberly Winston — June 4, 2017
(RNS) Was the "Sudden Departure" an act of God? Is there a God? If there is, why does he let bad things happen to people in the series? These, and other theological "big ones," formed the heart of the HBO series, but went unresolved.
Global televangelists to launch new TV station
By Madeleine Buckley — June 1, 2017
(RNS) Two prominent televangelists are launching a new television channel despite a federal investigation.
Can the Holocaust be funny? A new film says, ‘Why not?’
By Kimberly Winston — April 19, 2017
(RNS) Tragedy plus time equals comedy — unless some subjects are so taboo they can never be funny.
Church of Scientology slams A&E
By guest — December 29, 2016
(VARIETY via REUTERS) Scientology officials say the network should have cancelled a series about Scientology because some people interviewed had been paid for their participation.
SNEAK PEEK: The ‘Young Pope’ trailer
By David Gibson — June 15, 2016
(RNS) A first look at Jude Law playing Lenny Belardo, the first American to be elected pope -- and surely the hottest, and most dangerous. Will this drama work in the Pope Francis era?
ISIS lures with video game themes
By Lauren Markoe — March 13, 2016
(RNS) Life imitates murderous art.
Carl Lentz on how Hillsong Church is becoming ‘gay welcoming’ without compromising their convictions
By Jonathan Merritt — August 10, 2015
Hillsong Church says they are a "gay welcoming" congregation, even though they are not gay affirming. Hillsong pastor Carl Lents explains how they are attempting to think through and navigate this difficult issue.
