Overview
- The two-hour program interweaves dramatized scenes with Costner’s narration and expert theological context from Catholic and Protestant voices.
- Early reviews describe a gritty, realistic focus on Mary and Joseph as vulnerable youths under Roman rule, with Herodian brutality portrayed directly.
- Critics caution that several sequences are intense and may be unsuitable for younger or sensitive viewers.
- Costner connects the project to his lifelong church upbringing and says he welcomes skeptics to watch.
- The special aired Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and becomes available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.