CBS’ new heartfelt comedy-drama hybrid God Friended Me — about an atheist (Brandon Micheal Hall) who receives a Facebook friend request from god that leads him to help people around him — probably conjures up the image of an old man with a long flowing white beard sitting on a cloud on his iPhone 5 (he’s old, remember) looking at recipe GIFs or cat memes, you know, the classic image of the Christian/Catholic God doing his thing when he’s not giving someone the flu when they say his name in vein.
But good news, all you other religious denominations — this “god” in God Friended Me is all gods, according to the producers of the show.
“When we say ‘god,’ it’s the general — we’re not focusing on one religious figure or portrayal,” executive producer Bryan Wynbrandt told reporters Sunday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. “In the cast, Violett [Beane]‘s character is Jewish, Miles (Hall) is an atheist, Suraj [Sharma] is Hindu.”
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“It’s incredibly important to us that we’re not [viewed as] preachy or judgmental. We’re not here to take sides, we’re here to show all points of views,” executive producer Steven Lilien said. “It’s an inclusive show, a respectful show, whether you believe or not. Our message is more about believing in each other.”
And though we might not actually find out if this so-called god is the god or a just a person pretending to be god, he/she/it is going to be active on Facebook, with some personality. Wynbrandt says their god will “like” taco trucks and change profile pictures, which will keep the audience guessing about how the show will interact with social media. (It’s OK, you can always hide the feed if it gets too annoying.)
And in case you were wondering, the question of whether an opposing powerful force came up, but producers wouldn’t say if one would be in the show. But they did offer up this one bit of information.
“The devil would probably be on Twitter,” Wynbrandt said.
God Friended Me premieres Sunday, Sept. 30 at 8:30/7:30c on CBS.
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