Lucifer (Michillian television series)
Lucifer was a Michillian television series for children that aired on TVA in 1997. The show was unique and unusual as it depicted Satanist themes - enough for the series not to be exported and barely getting any reruns.
Premise[edit | edit source]
Jimmy, a prankster, dies in a bus accident and is sent to hell. However, all he wanted was to return to his life but under one condition: Jimmy would return to the living world as a missionary of the Devil. His parents, who were Christian, received news of joy wjen Jimmy was alive, but when it was revealed that he was dressed up in Satanic attire, his parents believe that he's still dead and calls an exorcist. He then finds refuge in a Satanic house whose attendant was Brianna, who had given up her religious past in order to live with Satan and die by moving to hell. The two quickly form a bond and Jimmy tells his unusual backstory: he died in a bus accident and managed to ask Lucifer himself to bring back to life, as he had diverged from the religious background of his parents due to the riots in the 80s.
Controversies[edit | edit source]
General[edit | edit source]
The series was an easy target for controversy because TVA and production company Plain Films were hostages of Michillian society at the time, where televisiom concepts were getting increasingly out of the box and even incorrect ideas - like the ones channeled in the series - were accepted. Once production was finished, TVA decided to sell it to its main partners, Reitanna's RTN and North Arlesbury's TV3, but both channels refused the request after tapes of the first episode were forwarded to their respective directors of programming. A TV3 executive said that "Lucifer incites people to join Satanism and diverge from family values".
Religious groups[edit | edit source]
The dominant Catholic Church was highly critical of Lucifer.
Current status[edit | edit source]
All thirteen episodes of Lucifer were re-rated as a 16+ series despite being initially considered a kids' show, for kids over the age of 7. In the late 90s, the perception of what was allowed and what wasn't among Michillian kids was still sketchy, a side effect of the thirteen years since the coup that bought the Michillies into democracy. While the "everything is allowed" phase of the 90s is mainly dead, there are still restrictions.
