Television

A North Carolina Presbyterian church's television ministry reached its 50th year of operation, making it one of the longest network programs in the history of the tube.

First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte began filming services for the benefit of those unable to attend their church since 1961, airing traditional church services at 11:00 a.m. every Sunday.

Dartinia Hull, communications manager for First Presbyterian, told The Christian Post that the reliability of the programming had made it last across several decades. more >>

The Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, better known as Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), filed an emergency motion in Orange County Superior Court last week to prevent The Orange County Register from publishing information against the network contained in a recent court filing.

The 180-page declaration in question was filed by Brittany Koper, granddaughter of TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch. Koper formerly served as chief financial officer, director of finance, corporate treasurer and director of human resources for TBN. She filed the declaration on May 10 in support of Joseph McVeigh, her husband's uncle, who is being accused by the network of illegally receiving a $63,000 loan from the network and accuses TBN of misappropriating over $50 million.

The declaration includes a list of allegations made "under penalty of perjury" and copies of credit card receipts and other documents supporting Koper's allegations. The day after it was filed with the court, TBN attorneys claimed the document included stolen or forged information and had the declaration sealed. more >>

Controversial televangelist Pat Robertson recently told audiences that it was only "a question of time before" The Episcopal Church would be declared "apostate" by the Anglican Communion.

In remarks made on the 700 Club on Wednesday, Robertson stated that "the whole Episcopal Church in America has left its roots" and that it being declared apostate "is on the way."

Robert H. Lundy, communications officer for the American Anglican Council, a conservative movement hoping to return The Episcopal Church to "an apostolic faith," told The Christian Post that he agreed with Robertson's assessment. more >>

ABC has canceled its freshman series with the controversial title "GCB," which some believed mocked Christians, as it failed to attract enough viewership.

ABC has officially passed on ordering second seasons of four series, including "GCB," which is based on Kim Gatlin's novel Good Christian Bitches and centers on a newly widowed woman who moves back with her family to the upscale Dallas, Texas, neighborhood where she grew up, according to tvline.com.

The "Missing," "The River" and "Pan Am" series have also been canceled. more >>

The director of last Super Bowl's Doritos commercial, "Sling Baby," that won the Facebook USA Today Ad Meter's number one rating out of all ads for the NFL's premier event, said keeping his film work true to his Christian values is his ultimate goal.

After discussing his winning commercial, which was also rated by Neilson as "Most Liked" and "Most Remembered," to those attending a break-out session of the Biola Media Conference over the weekend, Kevin T. Willson sat down with The Christian Post to discuss filmmaking from a Christian perspective.

He said that although it was important to include an element of surprise or shock in a commercial it was not necessary to be crude. more >>

Jermaine Paul, winner of the second season of "The Voice," made sure to thank Jesus after his competition was eliminated on Tuesday night.

After Paul won the competition, he thanked fans of the show who voted for him, his wife and family. However, he gave a special thanks to Jesus Christ.

"God bless y'all, man," Paul said. "Nobody but Jesus, man, nobody." more >>