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  • NBC
  • 2006
  • NBC
  • 2006
The Book of Daniel

Summary The show focuses on an Episcopalian minister and father. He finds himself conversing with Jesus - his mentor and friend - who helps navigate family problems, church politics and even his nagging reliance on prescription painkillers. The pilot was written on spec by "Titus" co-creator Jack Kenny. NBC took the rare step of buying his f...

  • NBC
  • 2006
  • NBC
  • 2006
The Book of Daniel
Season 1
Season Premiere: 2006
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary The show focuses on an Episcopalian minister and father. He finds himself conversing with Jesus - his mentor and friend - who helps navigate family problems, church politics and even his nagging reliance on prescription painkillers. The pilot was written on spec by "Titus" co-creator Jack Kenny. NBC took the rare step of buying his f...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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48% Positive
11 Reviews
39% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
61
48% Positive
11 Reviews
39% Mixed
9 Reviews
13% Negative
3 Reviews

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88
Witty, earnest, intelligent, overdone, overly ambitious, wildly entertaining and superbly cast.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
75
An offbeat treat worth rooting for.
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
70
While the story and drama aren't always successful, and occasionally border on the cloying or trite, "Daniel" is something fresh, mildly provocative and amusingly performed.
By Sid Smith FULL REVIEW
60
These actors help save the show from pure whimsy and excess.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
60
You may feel the faith-and-family themes could be handled better on cable--mainly because they have been.
By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW
50
This is a series that throws so much lunacy into the plotlines that even the writers on "Dynasty" must be hissing.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
0
I cannot recall a series in which a greater number of characters seemed so desperately detestable -- a series with a larger population of loathsome dolts. There ought to be a worse punishment than cancellation for a show that tries this hard to be offensive and, even at that crass task, manages to fail.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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