The new year is dawning in darkness with the introduction of two new prime time series – one depicting an unconventional young American pope and the other featuring a little boy who dresses up like a girl.

Newsbusters’ Alexa Moutevelis Coombs writes about the new FOX comedy, The Mick, which is based on the story of a foul-mouthed grifter named Mackenzie “Mick” Murphy (played by Kaitlin Olson) who is forced to look after her niece and nephews when her sister goes to jail.

Airing during family hour at 8:30 p.m. ET, the F-word is used six times in six seconds during the trailer which has since been removed from YouTube.

As Coombs reports, “Mick wants to be the ‘cool aunt’ so she brags about her use of Planned Parenthood, lets her teenage niece have boys over and comments approvingly when she hears loud banging coming from her room . . .”

Her seven year-old nephew, Ben, (played by Jack Stanton), calls himself a “transformer” and likes to wear dresses. Mick compliments him on how good he looks in a dress and the boy expresses his thanks and tells her how nice the breeze feels on his private parts.

Even more outrageous is the comment Olson (who also stars in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) made about the show. “I’ve spent 12 years on a show that my children can’t watch, so I’m very excited to do a family comedy."

Say what? “A family comedy you can watch with your children this is NOT,” Coombs warns. “Steer clear!”

The show is already causing enough outrage to spark a petition drive to have it cancelled. Click here to add your voice.

As if that’s not bad enough, HBO is debuting another outrageous “comedy” on January 15 at 9:00 p.m. entitled The Young Pope.

The show features a young American pope, Pope Pius XIII, whose given name is Lenny Belardo. He’s a chain smoker from Brooklyn who drinks diet soda and has a plethora of faults.

Bill Donohoue of the Catholic League recounts some of these flaws as stated in a variety of entertainment magazines. For instance, TV Guide Magazine referred to the young pope as "cruel, deceptive and a bit of an ass." Variety called him "cruel, vindictive, surprisingly compassionate, and justifiably paranoid." Breitbart says the pope comes across as "a lustful (possibly bisexual) narcissist" while the Hollywood Reporter calls him "arrogant, whimsical and hilariously destructive” who "comes across as borderline anti-Christ."

And let’s not forget that Pius XIII personally doesn't believe in God.

It doesn’t take much imagination to see where this series is going – into the usual bigoted Catholic-bashing that somehow manages to remain unnoticed by the “let’s not be intolerant” crowd.

Naturally, the show is scheduled for Sundays.

As Donohue rightly concluded, this show “should go over big with the Meryl Streep gang.”

The Catholic League is encouraging people to voice their opinion about this bigoted show to Quentin Schaffer, executive VP, HBO Communications at: Quentin.Schaffer@hbo.com

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