nihilists with good imaginations

Sunday, January 08, 2006

i want this show to be a hit

anyone happen to catch the premiere of The Book of Daniel on NBC/CH on Friday night?

if you know me, you know i watch a lot of tv...so you know this is coming from a qualified source when i say that this is the most promising mid-season replacement show i've seen in a lonnnnnnnnnnng time. yet so many christian activist groups have been up in arms about the content of the show, which i hope just means that it will hang around longer rather than disappearing like so many good and contraversial shows nowadays

in case you missed it, allow me to sum up:
-a Vicodin-popping priest tries to keep his family together while they face various modern family issues
-for example, his wife is an alcoholic, his 15 year old daughter gets caught selling weed and gets put in jail, his eldest son is gay and has to keep it secret from his grandparents, and his Japanese adoptive son will stop at nothing to have sex with his girlfriend (who just happens to be the daughter of a co-worker of the priest)
-also, the priest's father is a strict bishop and his mother is battling dementia and barely recognizes any of her family
-if this isn't enough to offend pretty much anybody, the priest also has visions of Jesus and talks to him throughout each episode

aka i'm in love with this show

its like a freaky hybrid of six feet under, joan of arcadia and weeds.

please watch it! its amazing!

3 Comments:

  • At 1:10 AM, Blogger BM said…

    it actually sounds like something i might watch...

     
  • At 6:08 PM, Blogger mr. tomas ubik said…

    sounds like poolies family.

     
  • At 11:37 PM, Blogger Robbie said…

    I am totally watching this...

    I will have to fit into my routine of daily shows...lol

     

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