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All Pinzur, All The Time

Monday, March 28, 2005

If ever we needed Night Rabbi...

My college roommate, James of furdell.com fame, and I have long thought we could sell some cable network on our pilot idea, Night Rabbi. Simple concept: rabbi by day, crimefighter at night.

Now I think network television might be ready for our vision, per the last section of Today's Papers at Slate:
In an effort to cash in on the great appetite the American public seems to have for religious entertainment, several TV networks are currently developing comedy and drama series that have spirituality as a central theme, reports the WSJ. Of course, networks can't help but add their own twist to this religious programming. NBC, for example, is developing a drama called Book of Daniel, in which Aidan Quinn will play the role of a drug-addicted cleric who talks about his problems with a "hip, modern-day Jesus." The cleric will have to deal with his daughter getting arrested for marijuana and having a gay son. For its part, Fox is developing a series titled Briar + Graves, about an excommunicated priest who fights evil in the name of God but also likes hard liquor and guns. Not surprisingly, some think this strategy might backfire on the networks.

Attention CBS, ABC and HBO:
He's a rabbi. He fights crime at night. He's... NightRabbi!

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