The Book of Daniel
Genre: Drama
Started: 6th January 2006
Ended: 20th January 2006
Country: United States of America
Created by: Jack Kenny
Starring: James Rebhorn, Garret Dillahunt, Aidan Quinn, Ellen Burstyn, Susanna Thompson, Alison Pill, Christian Campbell, Ivan Shaw, Dylan Baker, Gillian Jacobs, Alana de la Garza, Marin Hinkle, Leven Rambin
The Book of Daniel is a television series broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a serious drama about Christians and the Christian faith, but it was controversial with some Christians. The show had been proposed for NBC's 2005 fall line-up, but was rescheduled as a 2006 midseason replacement. The program premiered on January 6, 2006 in the US and was scheduled to air in thirteen episodes on Friday nights. NBC called the show "edgy", "challenging", and "courageous" in its promotional material. On January 24, 2006, a spokeswoman for NBC announced the show had been dropped.
Set in the fictional town of Newbury in Westchester County, New York, the main character is the Reverend Daniel Webster (Aidan Quinn), an unconventional Episcopal priest who is addicted to narcotic painkillers while his wife Judith (Susanna Thompson) fights her dependence on mid-day martinis.
Struggling to be a good husband, father, and minister, Webster regularly sees and talks with a traditional western, white-skinned, white-robed and bearded Jesus (Garret Dillahunt), who nonetheless is rather unconventional. Daniel's Jesus appears only to him and openly questions modern interpretations of church
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