GCB (also known as Good Christian Bitches and Good Christian Belles ) is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Robert Harling, produced by Darren Star, and starring Kristin Chenoweth, Leslie Bibb, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, Marisol Nichols and Annie Potts. Based on Kim Gatlin's "semi-autobiography" Good Christian Bitches, the series centers on a recently widowed woman who moves her family back to the upscale neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, where she grew up.
The series debuted on ABC as a mid-season replacement for Pan Am in the 2011-12 television season, on March 4, 2012. On May 11, 2012, both series were canceled by ABC. In the last series, GCB attracted 5.6 million viewers.
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Sinopsis
Jennifer Aspen became the first actress in a pilot in February 2011. Aspen plays the role of Sharon Peacham. On March 1, 2011, it was announced that Leslie Bibb had landed the role of Amanda Vaughn in the pilot. Annie Potts also joined the show as Amanda's arrogant mother. Potts fielded 3 test bids before setting GCB . Creator Robert Harling went to high school with Potts and based his character Gigi on Potts' own mother.
On March 4, 2011, Deadline announced that Miriam Shor has joined the cast. On March 10, 2011, it was announced that Marisol Nichols also joined the ensemble cast. On March 14, 2011, it was announced that Kristin Chenoweth had earned the lead role of Carlene Cockburn, the queen of the GCBs. On March 16, 2011, David James Elliott was cast in the role of Ripp Cockburn, Carlene's husband.
On May 13, 2011, ABC took the pilot for the 2011-2012 television season. Ten episodes were produced for the first season. Season 1 aired on March 4, 2012.
On December 1, 2011, it was announced that Sheryl Crow and Sandra Bernhard will be guest stars in the series.
Naming
ABC was contacted by a number of Christians and Christian organizations who objected to the original title of the series, Good Christian Bitches, because they believed that the name was degrading towards Christianity, while some supporters for women found it problematic. use the word "bitches" to refer to women. The name change word came along with the ABC announcement that they had ordered the series. The series changed its name to Good Christian Belles that appeared on some promos before the name change became GCB initialism . Some ABC affiliates in Texas and other states in Bible Belt have threatened not to broadcast the event if the name does not change. It's known as GCB in Australia.
The American Family Association filed a petition against the show, arguing that "With titles like Good Christian B-tches, you can imagine what the show looks like, even if they change the title, the content will still mock the faithful. "The group of his siblings, One Million Moms, also called for a boycott of GCB as" blasphemy at the worst! " New York City councilor, Peter Vallone, Jr. called for a boycott of the GCB that claimed the series was "another tremendous attack on the Christian faith." Chenoweth serial star, a self-proclaimed evangelical Christian, said, "I certainly will not do anything that mocks my own faith, it's just a chocolate cake, and it's actually a love letter for Dallas." Although titled in the US, the series is aired under the original title of Good Christian Bitches in Denmark on Canal 4, in Sweden on Canal 5, in Norway on TV Norge and in the Netherlands on NET5. In Brazil and Latin America, it will air under the second working title Good Christian Belles on the Sony Canal.
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Music
Most of the music heard on the show is available for purchase on the iTunes Store and goes on sale each week in sequence, on the same day's episode airs. The music releases included "This Little Light Mine" performed by Miriam Shor and Kristin Chenoweth and "Saint Francis Prayer" also by Chenoweth, originally recorded for her Less Lesson Learned album. There are also many unreleased songs, such as "Jesus Is Just Alright with Me" by Shor, Chenoweth, Mark Deklin and Cast, Deklin's "It's a Miracle", both from the episode of Pride Comes Before a Fall , Sheryl Crow's "The Gospel In Me" and Shor performed the song "Amazing Grace", both of the Forbidden Fruit episodes.
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The official album release featuring songs from the soundtrack titled GCB: Music from Season One is planned for release May 8, 2012, although after the news of the cancellation the release was postponed or canceled as well. The serial star Kristin Chenoweth donated two songs to the album; Other contributing artists include the country duo The JaneDear Girls and singer-actress Emily West. It mainly consists of native country, Christian songs, and only a few songs (Jason McCoy, Rick Trevino and Elizabeth Cook) have been released previously. All songs are available as individual singles on iTunes and Amazon, except "Can not Behave" by Brett Eldredge. None of Jeff Beal's original value of the show is included.
Track list
Reception
The show received mixed criticism from critics. Metacritic gave it an aggregate score of 56 out of 100 or "mixed or average review" based on reviews from 21 critics.
The A.V. Club awarded the pilot episode with a disappointing C-score, commenting that the show failed to make an impression. Both critics, however, recorded Chenoweth's performance in the spotlight.
This event won the category of "TV You Betta Watch" at Logo's 2012 NewNowNext Awards.
Eric Winter, who plays Luke Lourd, said, "This is a very creative and intelligent show that just takes more chances to take off and run."
References
External links
- GCB on Facebook
- GCB on Twitter
- GCB on IMDb
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