WisPolitics Budget Blog

I just finished watching NBC’s miniseries “Revelations.” As a frequent critic of how the mainstream media ignores issues of faith and religion, I felt it my duty to watch, albeit with an eyebrow raised above a skeptical eye.

The story-line is classic God v. Science material. A Harvard professor (Harvard, the crucible of secular thought) debunks God’s works with cold analysis, while Satan is manifested in a child murderer condemned to death. A third character, a nun who joined the Church looking for meaning after a personal tragedy, serves as an intermediary between the Harvard-Know-It-All and signs of miracles that are taking place.

Americans react to faith-based programs in many different ways. But when the acting and production is on par with more secular programming, such as West Wing, and the show is entertaining, like Law and Order, it is all we can ask of Hollywood movie-makers.

Good shows begat more viewers begat higher advertising rates begat more network revenue begat more faith-based programming.