A handful of new TV shows are laced with somewhat religious themes.
Actors Rob Lowe and Jenna Fisher star in You, Me and The Apocalypse on NBC. The show's premise is that the world will soon end from the threat of an 8-mile comet heading toward Earth.
A
group of mismatched characters, including a priest who drinks and
swears, a nun and twin brothers who run a cyber-terrorist organization,
are trapped safely in a bunker under the Earth's surface.
The nun
and the priest set out to investigate biblical prophesies surrounding
the end times, including false messiahs and even an antichrist.
True religion? Not so much. It premiers January 28.
The show Mercy Street premiered
Jan. 17 on PBS.
According to TV executives, the Civil War-era show is
based on real events and goes beyond the frontline of the war and into
the chaotic luxury hotel that turned into Mansion House Hospital in
Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia.
Two nurses, Mary (Mary
Elizabeth Winstead), a New England abolitionist, and Emma (Hanna James),
the daughter of the Conferederate hotel owner, care for wounded
soldiers but often butt heads.
The show highlights its title "mercy" in that all who arrive at Mansion House receive treatment, regardless of who they are.
And Fox is rolling out a new highly controversial drama called, Lucifer. It's based on a comic book of the same name.
In
the series, Lucifer has left hell and now lives in Los Angeles where he
runs an upscale nightclub. Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) meets Chloe
Dancer (Lauren German), and they form a crime-fighting partnership.
At
one point Lucifier says "The devil isn't that interested in your soul."
Another time he says, "God has nothing to do with your mess."
Many have voiced outrage over the show.
"You know the worlds messed up when theres a TV show about the devil called luficer [sic]," tweeted Tyler Snead.
Wonder
Chick tweeted "A new TV show called Lucifer. One more reason I hardly
watch TV. Last I check the devil is not entertainment."
"The new
TV show 'Lucifer,' which gives bad a good name. Our culture denies an
Almighty God, though gives the Devil a TV show," tweeted Jim Ostrom.
Lucifer premiered Jan. 25.
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