{"id":6080,"date":"2015-03-31T07:16:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T11:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2015-03-31T07:16:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T11:16:36","slug":"coming-attractions-dovekeepers-on-cbs-encores-for-killing-jesus-and-four-blood-moons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2015\/03\/coming-attractions-dovekeepers-on-cbs-encores-for-killing-jesus-and-four-blood-moons.html","title":{"rendered":"Coming Attractions: &#8220;Dovekeepers&#8221; on CBS + encores for &#8220;Killing Jesus&#8221; and &#8220;Four Blood Moons&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Dovekeepers<\/em> airs tonight (3\/31) and tomorrow night (4\/1) @ 9:00 PM on CBS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;The Dovekeepers&quot; First Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKuslLmELkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Burnett and Roma Downey go broadcast. <\/strong>Sure, Burnett has\u00a0<em>Shark Tank<\/em> (ABC), <em>Survivor<\/em> (CBS) and <em>Celebrity Apprentice<\/em> (NBC) but with the huge success of <em>The Bible<\/em> on History Channel and <em>Son of God<\/em> in theaters, now even the ever-edgy broadcast networks are coming around to the viewer demand for the faith-driven dramas he produces with his wife. I didn&#8217;t preview this one but here&#8217;s how Downey described the production to me in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/06\/roma-downey-on-son-of-god-success-future-projects-alone-yet-not-alone-a-genuine-family-project.html#ixzz34K6PgPH6\">an earlier interview<\/a>: <em>It\u2019s a beautiful story of the triumph of the human spirit. The Dovekeepers is based on a bestselling novel written by Alice Hoffman. It tells the story of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masada\" target=\"_blank\">Masada<\/a> but it\u2019s unique because it tells the story through the hearts and the eyes of four extraordinary and courageous women.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Killing Jesus<\/em> scores record ratings for NGC.<\/strong> The premiere of the\u00a0 film, based on the book by Fox News host Bill O&#8217;Reilly and Martin Dugard,\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3212\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3211\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3210\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3216\"> \u2014 set a National Geographic Channel viewership record with 3.7<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3437\"> <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3209\">million tuning in.\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3246\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3245\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3244\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3243\">The film is the third collaboration between NGC, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Free_Productions\">Scott Free Productions<\/a> (<em>Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/em>) and O\u2019Reilly whose first two projects together, <em>Killing Kennedy<\/em> and <em>Killing Lincoln<\/em>,\u00a0 <strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3466\"><\/strong>were, respectively,\u00a0 the two previously most watched programs in the network\u2019s history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <strong><em>Killing Jesus<\/em><\/strong> <strong>will encore on Fox News Channel at 8:00 PM (ET) on Good Friday and at the same time on Easter Sunday. <\/strong>You can read my review of the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2015\/03\/tv-reviews-killing-jesus-on-natgeo-hbos-going-clear-doc-exposes-charges-against-scientology.html\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Another chance to see <em>Four Blood Moons<\/em>.<\/strong> Due to strong audience response to its previous one-night-only theater presentation, the documentary about the historical and possible theological significance of the rare celestial event (which occurs this year), <strong>will be shown again on April 9th.<\/strong>\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427724721271_139357\"><\/span><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427724721271_139348\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0010n0kGl-8ezNytbOhYDs6rCxBrURbJRgw4fEv4bbyrCTR9cTisqrBS8_kRpGv_x5zGrhB0k9pCTB4N8wJ8Obm-2QSIJfuSWw6WKtka_vaRKKiWreOTRS-03UAZB1IFnXlt0GxSrJ2XsRLdXHjXEQb3wAd-LyIiH8ZWeneVhc6sGyXJPzRvvE867yNqqH04jOxLKMC1A_Gsqo3sHzmNaY6RpahP6HN73sd6wBpDx4RACQ93vj4vLY9Yr9Rq6PgebiR&amp;c=un542n8DJDardTOft373ecmjuzOuq79dkNIxuQL5KuNtxkdN2VxVTg==&amp;ch=sQobai0uKdUoFROR41WafoyBGNZ0BGGgVz-HNgKA3HLOhUfenTG8HA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here<\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427724721271_139359\"> to view theater listings. You can read more about the film, including my interview with producer Rick Eldridge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2015\/03\/film-event-explores-the-history-and-possible-theological-significance-of-four-blood-moons.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3321\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3312\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3311\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3310\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3309\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1427792772027_3315\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Dovekeepers airs tonight (3\/31) and tomorrow night (4\/1) @ 9:00 PM on CBS. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey go broadcast. Sure, Burnett has\u00a0Shark Tank (ABC), Survivor (CBS) and Celebrity Apprentice (NBC) but with the huge success of The Bible on History Channel and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,4235,1085,238,17,19,20,21,24,26,3586,31,1],"tags":[8107,3951,35,652,8184,8186,4683,5440,8185,8183],"class_list":["post-6080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-current-events","category-easter","category-forgiveness","category-fox-news","category-interfaith-dialogue","category-islam","category-journalism","category-judaism","category-movies","category-politics","category-religious-liberty-2","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-four-blood-moons","tag-killing-jesus","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-cbs","tag-fox-news-host-bill-oreilly-and-martin-dugard","tag-killing-kennedy-and-killing-lincoln","tag-national-geographic-channel","tag-rick-eldridge","tag-scott-free-productions-exodus-gods-and-kings","tag-the-dovekeepers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coming Attractions: &quot;Dovekeepers&quot; on CBS + encores for &quot;Killing Jesus&quot; and &quot;Four Blood Moons&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2015\/03\/coming-attractions-dovekeepers-on-cbs-encores-for-killing-jesus-and-four-blood-moons.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coming Attractions: &quot;Dovekeepers&quot; on CBS + encores for &quot;Killing Jesus&quot; and &quot;Four Blood Moons&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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