Mark Williams has been playing Father Brown for 10 years, but “he never bores me,” he confides.
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Pastors are like TV showrunners. They need training.
Writers often have no experience at leading shows when they get that chance. It’s similar for priests who become pastors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Football, false prophets and forgiveness in the ‘Ted Lasso’ finale
For three seasons, ‘Ted Lasso’ has offered a potent vision of a better human condition.
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The ‘Succession’ finale showed what the world looks like without God.
Am I the only person in the world who got to the end of “Succession” and wanted a happy ending?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
‘Succession’ Behind the Scenes: How a Jesuit church (and priest) were cast for a pivotal episode
I enjoyed being in “Succession,” but should our church have been used for this abrasive show?
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Schmagnificent: ‘Schmigadoon’ delivers on the promise of musical theater
“Schmigadoon!” is not about recreating the forms of old musicals, it’s about what happens when we give ourselves over to musical theater.
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Hulu’s ‘The Great’ is more than a raunchy farce. Love and mercy reign.
For me, the plot events ahead are secondary to the show’s real strength, the paths that the characters themselves will take.
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I’m a priest and Writers Guild member. Here’s why Catholics should support the writers strike.
I would like to offer three anecdotes from my life that I hope will speak to what the Writers Guild of America is fighting for and why Catholics should care.
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Interview: The women behind ‘Sister Boniface Mysteries,’ a show about a crime-solving nun that gets religion right
Sister Boniface reminds me of so many great women’s religious that I have had the good fortune of knowing—enormously competent, of deep integrity and undaunted in their commitment to helping people.
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Peacock’s ‘Mrs. Davis’ is a show about a nun fighting A.I. But it’s really about God.
To those who are already exhausted by the all-A.I., all-the-time reporting of 2023, have no fear: “Mrs. Davis” is not a show about A.I., not really.