by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 12, 2005 | News
A religion-themed network drama faces cancellation if its ratings don’t improve. “Joan of Arcadia,” which airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, likely won’t be renewed for a third season if its viewership doesn’t spike as this TV season nears...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 21, 2005 | News
CBS has God in its primetime lineup, and NBC might get Jesus. The peacock network is developing a drama called “The Book of Daniel”—featuring a modern-day Jesus who helps a troubled minister—as a potential addition to its 2005-06 roster of shows, according...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 5, 2004 | News
One of best new dramas of the 2003-04 season has been CBS’ “Joan of Arcadia” (Friday, 8 p.m. ET/PT). It debuted with CBS’ best rating in that slot in three years. It recently won a People’s Choice Award for best new TV drama, and the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 31, 2003 | News
“God is in the details,” said Mies van der Rohe. But van der Rohe was an architect—not a VP of programming at a major network. If he had been, he likely wouldn’t have coined the phrase. CBS’ freshman hit, “Joan of Arcadia,” has many...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 28, 2003 | News
Movie critic Leonard Maltin, in his Movie Encyclopedia, called Mary Steenburgen “one of the screen’s most compulsively watchable actresses.” Having won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1980’s “Melvin and Howard,”...
