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The Best Christian Television Dramas

Voting Rules
Vote up the best Christian television drama series.

The best Christian television dramas offer a balance of Christian values and stories and characters that draw the viewer in. The best Christian drama series ever shown on television are sometimes even found on traditional broadcast channels, rather than Christian TV networks. If you’ve been looking for the best Christian dramas to add to your TV nights, this list of the best dramatic Christian television will help find the right balance of fun to watch and faith-based.

Bible history documentaries and watching VeggieTales for the millionth time with your kids are can be fun but don't quench the desire to get caught up in television drama while still watching something faith-based. Watching other families juggle the difficulties and joys of life while also keeping their faith is not only quality entertainment, it can be reassuring. Many of the best Christian dramas, such as 7th Heaven or Touched by An Angel are no longer on the air, but thanks to streaming services, many are easily available to watch whenever you need to get caught up in a drama that isn't your own.

Which shows offer good values and entertainment the best? Vote up the best Christian TV dramas and see where your faith-based dramatic favorites rank.

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  • Touched by an Angel
    Photo: Touched by an Angel
    Dispatched from heaven, a group of angels helps those in need.
    • Actors: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Valerie Bertinelli
    • Premiered: September 21, 1994

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  • Promised Land
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    20 votes
    Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an Angel.
    • Actors: Cloris Leachman, Ossie Davis, Celeste Holm, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Phillips
    • Premiered: 1996
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    20 votes
    Christy is an American period drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes. Christy was based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, the widow of Senate chaplain Peter Marshall. The novel had been a bestseller in 1968, and the week following the debut of the TV-movie and program saw the novel jump from #120 up to #15 on the USA Today bestseller list. Series regular Tyne Daly won an Emmy Award for her work on the series.
    • Actors: LeVar Burton, Tyne Daly, Kellie Martin, Emily Schulman, Tess Harper
    • Premiered: 1994
  • 7th Heaven
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    27 votes
    The Rev. Eric and Annie Camden raise seven children.
    • Actors: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, David Gallagher, Beverley Mitchell, Mackenzie Rosman
    • Premiered: August 26, 1996

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  • Highway to Heaven
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    A probationary angel wanders Earth helping people.
    • Actors: Michael Landon, Victor French
    • Premiered: September 19, 1984

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  • Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
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    Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is an American television series that premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX's decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the network.
    • Actors: Laura Vandervoort, Tyler Posey, Enuka Okuma, Deanne Bray, Yannick Bisson
    • Premiered: 2002