The series chronicles a married film critic and expectant father's decision to improve his life by living according to the Bible, literally, after the death of his best friend.
Cast
Main
Jay R. Ferguson as Chip Curry, a film critic for a newspaper who decides to improve his life by listening to the Bible and going to confession after the death of his best friend.
Lindsey Kraft as Leslie Curry, Chip's overbearing, pregnant wife who does not believe in Chip and his new interest in Christianity.
Ian Gomez as Father Gene, a rather liberal priest who supports Chip as much as he can but is amused that he is following the Bible by the book.
David Krumholtz as Rabbi Gil Ableman, another person who supports Chip and a rabbi at the local synagogue. He is never involved in the main story.
Tony Rock as Vince, Chip's friend and coworker who seeks to support him and is skeptical.
Camryn Manheim as Ms. Meadows, Chip, Vince and Cheryl's strict and selfish boss, who cares only about the money and success that the newspaper makes. Her first name is never revealed.
Sara Gilbert as Cheryl, a sarcastic coworker of Chip's who writes obituaries for people.
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Production
On May 12, 2017, the series was ordered to series as By the Book. On November 21, 2017, it was announced that the series, now titled Living Biblcally, would premiere in the spring of 2018 and air on Mondays at 9:30 P.M. The series premiered February 26, 2018, on CBS and was given a thirteen episode order. On April 19, 2018, CBS pulled the series from the schedule after eight low-rated episodes, leaving five episodes unaired, and announced that the series will remain in production for all thirteen episodes and would return to the schedule at a later date. On May 11, 2018, the series decided not to renew for another season. On June 7, 2018 it was announced that the show would return to the schedule on July 7, 2018 and the remaining seven episodes would air over a three-week period. The final episode aired on July 21, 2018.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 18% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 4.26/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Living Biblically commits the cardinal TV sin of wasting the outline of a refreshingly unusual premise on broad, hammy acting and stock sitcom laughs." On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
