This speaks for itself:
May God have mercy on their souls.

Pani Rose
NBC-TV SHOW ANGERS CATHOLICS NATIONWIDE

During the February 22 episode of the NBC-TV sitcom, “Committed,” two non-Catholics are mistakenly given Holy Communion at a Catholic funeral Mass. Nate, who is Jewish, and Bowie, a Protestant, don’t know what to do with the Eucharist, so they make several failed attempts to get rid of it. For example, they try slipping it into the pocket of a priest, dropping it on a tray of cheese and crackers, etc.

At one point, the priest, who is portrayed as not knowing the difference between the Host and a cracker, goes to grab the “cracker” from a tray of appetizers; he initially balks when he discovers that it is the last one. Then he changes his mind, saying, “Oh, what the hell.” By far the most offensive scene occurs when Nate and Bowie accidentally flush what they think is the Host down the toilet.

Catholic League president William Donohue commented on this today:

“It’s been quite a while since we’ve been deluged with as many complaints as this episode of ‘Committed’ fielded. To say that Catholics are angry about this show would be an understatement—the outrage is visceral and intense. The complaints have come from bishops, college chaplains, pastors and the laity, and they have come from all over the country. With good reason: NBC has made a direct frontal assault on Roman Catholicism, choosing to mock, trivialize and ridicule the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

“What happened was deliberate. According to a January 2 story in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the writers for the series, Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, have been encouraged by NBC executives ‘to push the limits of comedy.’ For obvious reasons, the writers of ‘Roseanne,’ ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Ellen’ chose not to push the buttons of homosexuals (or some other protected group), so they decided to play it safe and stay in good standing with their bosses by bashing Catholics.

“More than an apology is needed. This episode should be retired for good, and that is what we will demand.”
http://www.catholicleague.org/05press_releases/quarter%201/050224_nbctv.htm

Everyone of the 68 million Catholics in this Country should boycott NBC and make their protest SHOUT thrhough all the offices of NBC.
Stephanos I
This is totally inexcusable.
If there is a way of contacting NBC please let me know.

Oh, is nothing sacred anymore? Some t.v. shows belittle, mock, or imply negative things about religious principals and practices. Usually it is more subtle than this but it IS there and so much a part of the programming that it must have a negative influence on many viewers-especially younger viewers who are vulnerable to such things.


It is getting scarry when anything goes just to get a laugh.

My prayers.

In Christ,

Mary Jo

Anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice.

Profoundly true!

I had never seen this show before, but I happened to catch this particular episode since I was watching Scrubs at a friend's and it came on afterwards.

I found it to be in horrible taste. When they began the funeral scene, I thought that the worst part would be that the "Catholic priest" was dressed in a shirt, tie, and Protestant choir robe (even in the bar after the funeral). How wrong I was! The episode just went downhill from there.

Dave

I didn't see this, but it makes me glad I have given up network television.

I recall quite a few years ago, that some writers were asked why they wrote scripts that were immoral, used profanity, etc. They responded that they knew that by doing so, the movie would not make more money, but they just wanted to see how far they could go.

If I recall correctly, the writers names were Irish. What a pity?

Zenovia

It makes me glad I blew up my last television set with a shotgun back in 1987.

Often I have felt like trashing television. Then, I wonder how I would watch the Steelers.

I generally ignore commerical network television. Sitcoms are so much crud anymore.

I still have the TV, but my interests are History Channel, Learning Channel, Discovery, - you know, typical nerd stuff. Wonder who the sponsors were on that network show? That's the place to apply pressure.

Hollywood has terrible business sense they openly offend 30 percent (catholics) of its possible viewing audinece yet caters to a 3 percent viewing audience of homosexuals.
Not to mention they often offend born-again christians another 50 percent of the population.

And they wonder why network tv rating go down every year? Why no one watches the grammys or the oscars anymore. Maybe becasue they glorify raunch?

What Hollywood fails to notice is that more people are on church on Sunday than go to movies during the week. They are missing out of bid audience. Or did they not notice the ticket receipts for the blockbuster the Passion?

Elvis? Is that you??

ROFL

I have done some digging here is the address
http://www.catholicleague.org/05press_releases/quarter%201/050224_nbctv.htm

Here is a list of the local affiliates
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/header/Local_Stations/

Washingtonpost.com doesn't have much nice to say about it, and they never mention the part Catholics are upset about. However, they seem to think there is no staying power for the show.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46035-2005Jan3.html