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Life Is Worth Living

  • TV Series
  • 1952–19651952–1965
  • 30m
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8.9/10
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Don Russell and Fulton J. Sheen in Life Is Worth Living (1952)
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The show featured Most Reverent Fulton J. Sheen, the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of New York City, offering anecdotes and moral lessons. Many of the talks were about the evils of the Com... Read allThe show featured Most Reverent Fulton J. Sheen, the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of New York City, offering anecdotes and moral lessons. Many of the talks were about the evils of the Communist form of government.The show featured Most Reverent Fulton J. Sheen, the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of New York City, offering anecdotes and moral lessons. Many of the talks were about the evils of the Communist form of government.
IMDb RATING
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  • Stars
    • Fulton J. Sheen
    • Don Russell
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    • Fulton J. Sheen
    • Don Russell
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 nominations total

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    Fulton J. Sheen in Life Is Worth Living (1952)
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    Fulton J. Sheen
    • Self - Hostas Self - Host
    13 episodes13 eps • 1952–1957
    Don Russell
    • Self - Announceras Self - Announcer
    11 episodes11 eps • 1952–1957
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    • Trivia
      As of late 2009, this is the only DuMont Television Network series still in syndicated repeats. In fact There are only two other DuMont series with a large amount of extant (preserved) episodes, the variety-comedy program "The Morey Amsterdam Show" and the science-educational program "The Johns Jopkins Science Review".
    • Connections
      Referenced in AfterMASH: September of '53/Together Again (1983)

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    10/10
    A masterpiece from secular television.
    Okay, get this. I'm pitching a prime time major network television show. It's about this Catholic bishop giving a 30 minute monologue each week. It's not so much Catholic based, not even Christian, as said bishop is well versed in literature, philosophy, and politics. Whadya say, Mr. TV Exec?

    Never in a million years would a show like this get put on TV today! But in TV's infancy... what a breath of fresh air!

    My oh my... how far downward our society has fallen. This show proves beyond all others from this or any other era that our country's intellect has been washed away. Can you imagine someone trying to pitch a show to go on ABC, NBC, CBS or Fox today? Or even secular cable? 55 years ago it wasn't so far fetched at all. In fact, the Bishop's ratings were pretty high. And this was pretty esoteric stuff he was talking about. It's pretty sad that I cannot imagine the MTV generation sitting still for this, not that he's slow moving, he's not, but he's got so much to tell us and black and white kine-scopes are going to keep the current generation from embracing his wit, wisdom, love, and... how to give a public speech. (I used to teach public speaking to high school students.) There is no one better, no one.

    I'm in my 40s. I guess you would call me an evangelical, charismatic Christian, certainly not of the Catholic brand. However, I go out of my way to watch Bishop Sheen on EWTN every Friday night now. My brain gets stimulated. He's so spot on and so inspired by the Holy Spirit, it's exhausting. The Bishop had a gift; it came from Him.

    It is amazing to see how prophetic he was. He was dead on about where this country was heading.

    Thank you EWTN for broadcasting the best show on your network!! And thank you Bishop Sheen Archives in Rochester, NY for restoring these programs. I just wished you would have left the original titles and credits alone. I don't get the new narration and the Bishop's bio at the end of every program. That's nit picky, I know. Still, I feel so blessed by Bishop Sheen and his ministry more than any other Christian broadcaster.

    I look forward to meeting him in Heaven one day. Bye now! God love you!!
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    • Release date
      • February 12, 1952 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Adelphi Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
      • DuMont Television Network
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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