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- 2018
- TV-PG
- CBS
- 2018
- TV-PG
- CBS
Summary After the death of a friend, Chip Curry (Jay R. Ferguson) decides to live his life by the rules in the Bible in this comedy based on A.J. Jacobs' book The Year of Living Biblically.
Created By: Patrick Walsh
- 2018
- TV-PG
- CBS
- 2018
- TV-PG
- CBS
Living Biblically
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 26, 2018
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5.2
Summary After the death of a friend, Chip Curry (Jay R. Ferguson) decides to live his life by the rules in the Bible in this comedy based on A.J. Jacobs' book The Year of Living Biblically.
Created By: Patrick Walsh
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The series works overtime to place itself in a “real” world and treat faith earnestly, yet undercuts itself by resorting to every sitcom trick in the TV book.
This is an amiable enough little comedy series that doesn’t use religion as a punching bag.
Living Biblically is made in such a way that it won’t offend most anyone. It also won’t make many laugh. That’s splitting the difference in all the wrong ways. The show is exhausting.
It isn't really much like the A.J. Jacobs book it's allegedly based on, so don't go looking for Jacobs' quirky and obsessive look at religion and the Bible. It is, however, a mediocre-yet-well-meaning look at how religion, specifically Catholicism, can sometimes help people in times of trouble. It's less specific and pointed and more generic and well-meaning.
A few lines generate a mild chuckle, but Living Biblically mostly feels stale and unfunny--the kind of show that gives broadcast network comedies a bad name.
Ferguson is an able lead, but the sitcom’s structure forces him to do way too much narrative exposition--about the Bible, about other characters, about the essential plot of the show.
Even setting aside the show's lack of interest in the complexity of faith, it's greatest sin is simply not being funny enough. The characters are too thin and familiar to generate laughs on their own, and some jokes rely too heavily on references while others just don't make sense.
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Production Company:
- Enrico Pallazzo
- Alcide Bava Productions
- Warner Bros. Television
- NOMAD
Initial Release Date: Feb 26, 2018
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
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