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Life Is Worth Living
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Genre	Religious
Presented by	Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Theme music composer	Charles Williams
Opening theme	Said the Bells
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	26 minutes
Network	DuMont (&#;) ABC (&#;)
Release	February 12, &#;()&#;– April 8, &#;()

Life Is Worth Living is an inspirational American television series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from February 12, , to April 26, ,^[1] then on ABC until April 8, , featuring the Archbishop Fulton J.

Sheen. Similar series, also featuring Sheen, followed in – and –

Broadcast history

Hosted by Bishop (later Archbishop) Fulton J. Sheen, the series consisted of Sheen speaking to the camera and discussing moral issues of the day, often using blackboard drawings and lists to help explain the topic. When the blackboard was filled, Sheen would move to another part of the set, and request one of his "angels" (one of the TV crew) to clean the blackboard.^[2]

In , DuMont was searching for programming ideas and tried a rotating series of religious programs hosted by a Protestant minister, a Jewishrabbi, and a Catholicbishop.

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While the other shows did not catch on, the bishop (Sheen) was a hit, found a sponsor in Admiral television sets, and became DuMont's only Emmy Award winner during its decade of broadcasting. Life Is Worth Living held the distinction of being aired on more stations () than any other regularly scheduled DuMont program, and is believed to have been the most widely viewed religious series in the history of television.^[3]

Prior to Life Is Worth Living, Sheen had appeared on the radio program The Catholic Hour from to ^[4] With his hypnotic gaze, disarming smile, and dramatic delivery, Sheen was deemed a natural for television.

Airing opposite NBC's Milton Berle show on Tuesday nights, Sheen was the only person to be competitive with Berle. Sheen drew as many as 10 million viewers each week.^[3]

Sheen and Berle enjoyed a friendly rivalry. Berle is reported to have joked, "We both work for the same boss, 'Sky Chief Supreme'", making reference to a grade of gasoline produced by Texaco, his sponsor.

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Later, when Sheen won an Emmy, Berle quipped, "He's got better writers – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John!" As a take-off on Berle's nickname "Uncle Miltie," Sheen once opened his program by saying, "Good evening, this is Uncle Fultie."

The charismatic Sheen became one of early television's most unlikely stars, winning an Emmy Award for "Most Outstanding Television Personality" in ^[5] During his acceptance speech he happily borrowed Berle's line, crediting his four writers – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – for his success.^[6]

Sheen made famous statements against communism.^[7] In an episode of Life Is Worth Living consisted of a reading of the burial scene from Julius Caesar, with Sheen substituting the names of Stalin, Beria, Malenkov, and Vyshinsky for Caesar, Cassius, Marc Antony, and Brutus.

Sheen dramatically stated, "Stalin must one day meet his judgment." One week later, the Russian dictator was dead from a stroke.^[2]

Network change

When DuMont ceased network broadcasting in , Sheen moved his show to ABC, lectured for a while, and returned to television from to with The Best of Bishop Sheen on the NTA Film Network, and in with The Fulton Sheen Program, essentially a revival of Life Is Worth Living.

The show was broadcast on local stations across America until , with the later programs in color.^[2] Times had changed, and the s programs did not match the audience of his earlier years. Sheen was later appointed as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, New York. He died in

Syndication

Reruns of Life Is Worth Living and The Fulton Sheen Program continued to circulate as late as the early s on broadcast stations.

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His status both as a television personality and popular religious figure fell sharply in the s and early s.

In a Cause for Canonization was opened to investigate the potential sainthood of Bishop Sheen. This, alongside the availability of his material on the internet, has resulted in a resurgence in popularity for Sheen's work.

His programs were reintroduced into circulation by the Catholic cable network EWTN, with new introductions by actor Joseph Campanella. In the early s, he became a popular figure among younger Catholics.

Bishop fulton j sheen tv show Similar series, also featuring Sheen, followed in — and — Hosted by Bishop later Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen , the series consisted of Sheen speaking to the camera and discussing moral issues of the day, often using blackboard drawings and lists to help explain the topic. When the blackboard was filled, Sheen would move to another part of the set, and request one of his "angels" one of the TV crew to clean the blackboard. In , DuMont was searching for programming ideas and tried a rotating series of religious programs hosted by a Protestant minister, a Jewish rabbi , and a Catholic bishop.

Episode status

St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, New York, owns the to the series, and The Fulton J. Sheen Company, Inc. owns the licensing rights. The Institute is thought to have the entire series in their archive.

Also, the UCLA Film and Television Archive has four episodes, the Museum of Broadcast Communications has five episodes, the Paley Center for Media has an unknown number of episodes, and the J.

Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress has six episodes.^{[citation needed]}

Theme music

The theme of Life is Worth Living during its time on the DuMont Network was Charles William's "Said the Bells".

Bishop fulton j sheen biography: Welcome to the official site for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's Catholic TV series, Life is Worth Living! Here, you can sign up for streaming access to all available episodes. The nationally syndicated program ran from , making Bishop Sheen the first to preach about Christian values on TV.

For Sheen's later programs, a recording of composer Fritz Kreisler's "Marche Miniature Viennoise" () was used, but no on-screen credit was given for title, composer, or orchestra performing the song. Although Kreisler did record a version of this classical composition, it was arranged at a faster tempo and was therefore not the version used for the series.^[8]

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