Comedy Central is mulling over a new show called “JC” that will be about Jesus living in modern day New York. It will probably be moderately funny and then get canceled in a couple of seasons (if it’s even that lucky). Unless, of course, the religious get their undue respect and prevent it from airing at all.
Yesterday, the newly-formed Citizens Against Religious Bigotry blasted the cartoon, charging the cable channel with a double standard. In April, Comedy Central censored a “South Park” episode that featured the prophet Muhammad in a bear costume after a radical Muslim group threatened the show creators online. The group of religious and conservative leaders also fired off letters to 250 advertisers, urging them not to buy time on “JC.”
It has apparently been lost on these respect-demanders that religion is the marketplace for bigotry. That may be because they don’t seem to have a definition of bigotry in the first place, but thought isn’t really the point of these groups. They just want to maintain the status quo where religion gets respect it has never earned.
And I love the so-called double standard issue. It’s a logical fallacy – “You weren’t mean to the other guy!” So what? Besides, the point of not showing Muhammad was so they wouldn’t get attacked by those motivated by the most violent religion in the world right now.
I look forward to this fall line up.
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For the Sake of Science 
It will come down to the advertisers. TV shows exist to make money. If few will advertise than the show will never happen. Which is exactly how it should be, regardless of the content.