I am putting this hear because most any thing that involves churches gets tossed here eventually.
The Brits had/have a show called
Father Brown it involves a Priest who solves crimes.
There were two versions: One from 1974 that lasted one year and one from 1993 that is still airing.
The original was more like Colombo, although the murderer is not known, he solves murders, using his mind, and the show is not based on special effect schlock. (British shows have a totally different style than those from the U.S. and the early ones were on a tight budget, compared to later version.)
At that, one thing in Father Brown, the fact the Father is a preacher is never left behind, the state of one's soul, and who the Father serves is NEVER an after thought in the early version, with it actually preaching Christian Faith at times.
Although, in one episode the Father asks a woman if her -- late -- husband was RC, and she says no, he was a Presbyterian, and the preachers eyes get big and goes: OH, in a funny way.
Now the later one has a larger budget and is more light hearted, with a cast of supporting characters that are not in the first version, but even at that the preacher main character ALWAYS puts his duty as a Roman Catholic Priest serving God, over his crime solving skills.
Some thing you NEVER see in U.S. TV shows any more.
In the Fifties, even to the early Seventies, how God is part of life was often mentioned to the point of preaching .
I saw the first episode of The Rifleman, last week and while it was far darker show than later years, the Rifleman used the story of Job to explain to his son how God works things out in the end.
Watching tv shows from 50 or more years ago, drastically shows how this country and Europe have lost their faith that once was strong.
Watching TV shows, fifty or more years apart also shows how acting styles have changed, drastically at times.
Some times the over acting is apparent enough to make one laugh.
