Pray TV (1980 film)

Pray TV (also known as KGOD)[1] is a 1981 American comedy film spoofing televangelism, directed and co-written by Rick Friedberg.

The film stars Dabney Coleman, Archie Hahn, Nancy Morgan, Joyce Jameson, Lewis Arquette, Marcia Wallace and Roger E. Mosley, with cameos by Dr. John and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove").

The new format is a big success but attracts an incompatible mix of fringe ministries and broadcasters wanting time on the station.

Pray TV was picked up by Filmways Pictures in 1981 (under its original name, KGOD).

[4] The film premiered on television instead of theatrically,[5] and aired on Showtime in 1983 under its present title.