Religion’s Timothy Beal discusses increase in religious programming on mainstream television

Television puts more faith in religious-themed projects
LA TimesTimothy Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, discussed an uptick in recent programming about religion on major television networks. “What matters really is coming up with another Bible story that seems to resonate with the vast majority of the market and what they already have a sense of as a story,” he said. “They’re all just trying to get a little bit of twist, but not too much.”