Spirits in the Night

I recently read an article in by Neal Justin in the Star Tribune titled Spirits in the Night. The main point of the article is about how TV shows have little faith in them. Justin claims religious shows receive low ratings, resulting in a quick cancellation. Dudley Riggs said, "Networks are scared offending someone. They're still trying to be all things to all me." Touched by an Angel was a top show in the late 90's and might have led to few signs of christian series, Promise Land and 7th Heaven. Johnathan Priced said, "Navel-gazing isn't very good on TV, a character just thinking about life." He says that you might need a well known actor to make the show better, but most probably woudn't take the job, because religious shows haven't been a big success. Now days on TV, almost every thing has some sort of violence, whether it's CSI or 24. I guess people would rather watch that than religious stuff.