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How Jeremy Boreing’s Christian Arthurian epic ‘Pendragon’ became the No. 1 fantasy show — without leading with politics

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For years, television series have beat audiences over the head with progressive messaging. Many attempts to counter-produce alternatives with traditional and faith-centered themes either died before production or failed to break through. But that trend hasn’t reached Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing’s fantasy series “The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin” — an explicitly Christian adaptation of Stephen R. Lawhead’s novels about the origins of Merlin and early Arthurian legends. The series debuted on DailyWire+ in January and later became the No. 1 fantasy series in the U.K., Ireland, Spain, and Portugal after hitting Prime Video overseas; it arrived on Prime in the U.S. on September 1 and has continued to climb. Now Boreing joins Christopher Rufo and Jonathan Keeperman, co-hosts of “Rufo and Lomez,” to discuss why conservatives keep underperforming in entertainment — and how “Pendragon” successfully broke the pattern. “You've managed to do the impossible,” Keeperman tells Boreing

First report: Pro-Christian Fantasy Series 'The Pendragon Cycle' Beats Out HBO Hit on Streaming Charts — westernjournal.com, 8d