Parents Television Council president Tim Winter has blasted ABC Biblical drama Of Kings and Prophets as being unsuitable for children, per THR:
“Despite the fact that the miniseries is based on a book that most families in America have at home — that book being the Bible — parents should be forewarned that Of Kings and Prophets will not be appropriate for family viewing. While we are grateful that the showrunner, Chris Brancato, personally invited us to preview the first episode, it remains difficult for us to recommend this show to families given the graphic content. And given Mr. Brancato said that he’ll be ‘fighting with broadcast standards and practices’ and that ‘we’re going to go as far as we can’ throughout the series, there’s likely to be even more explicit content in upcoming episodes.”
“The real question here is, why wouldn’t ABC and the show’s producers want to reach the largest audience possible by making a series, based on the Bible, able to be viewed by families? Instead it appears that their primary objective was to be edgy and explicit, rather than to entertain with a biblical story. And in so doing, they’re carving away a large percentage of their potential market. This further demonstrates a disconnect between what the entertainment industry wants to produce and what family audiences want to consume.”
Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the status of Of Kings and Prophets Season 2…
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