TV
Virtual worshippers often satisfied, but more Americans choose in-person services
By Adelle M. Banks — June 2, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Broadly speaking, the survey finds that most Americans who watch religious services on screens are happy with them,’ Pew researchers found.
Nightbirde, who shared music, message of hope on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ dies at 31
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 21, 2022
(RNS) — The singer, a Liberty University graduate who moved many viewers with her faith in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis, withdrew from 'America’s Got Talent' as her health declined.
Families of different faiths swap houses, lives in Ava DuVernay’s ‘Home Sweet Home’
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Adelle M. Banks — October 11, 2021
(RNS) — In the unscripted TV series, 16 families from different religious, racial and economic backgrounds or sexual orientations trade homes for a week.
The ’Splainer: The stormy, surprising history of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
By Kimberly Winston — March 29, 2018
(RNS) — What's the back story on this British import being revisited and reimagined on television Sunday night? Let us 'Splain ...
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.
In ‘The Story of Us,’ Morgan Freeman explores the human condition
By Aysha Khan — October 11, 2017
(RNS) The new six-part series — a follow-up to last year's 'The Story of God' — looks at places where religion has divided, and brought people together.
3 new September shows with religion subplots
By Brandon Ambrosino — September 13, 2016
(RNS) 'The Exorcist, 'The Good Place' and 'This Is Us' have something in common.
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?
The Faithful Viewer: 3 new shows with religion subplots
By Brandon Ambrosino — January 22, 2016
(RNS) January TV premieres include "You, Me and the Apocalypse," "Mercy Street," and "Lucifer." Our 'Faithful Viewer' guide tells you what to expect.
‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ stamp goes on sale
By Mary Bowerman — October 1, 2015
The booklet of 20 stamps features 10 still frames from the 1965 TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” celebrating the classic’s 50th anniversary.
TV and Internet? Meh. What the pope really misses are pizza outings.
By Rosie Scammell — May 26, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis isn’t keen on TV or the Internet and misses being able to pop out for pizza, telling the newspaper that “ordering one in the Vatican is not the same thing.”
How Ferguson and now Baltimore are altering our perception of law enforcement (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — April 28, 2015
(RNS) A nation grounded in laws and justice requires a trained cadre whose work is to enforce laws fairly. We thought we had that cadre.
The 10 most read ‘Faitheist’ stories of 2014
By Chris Stedman — January 1, 2015
As we begin 2015, here's a look back at the most read 'Faitheist' posts from last year—from whether or not atheists can be fundamentalists to why atheists shouldn't call religion a mental illness.
Atheist TV: Who is the Richard Dawkins-endorsed channel really trying to reach?
By Chris Stedman — July 31, 2014
The first channel specifically for atheists launched this week. But their decision to feature figures like Richard Dawkins and Jaclyn Glenn so prominently has guest columnist Sarah Jones wondering which atheists the channel is designed to attract.
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