JC, an animated series Comedy Central is developing about Jesus Christ living in modern-day New York, has prompted protests from conservative and religious groups.  A group calling itself Citizens Against Religious Bigotry, or CARB, has planned a teleconference with the media on Thursday to “(d)enounce JC and the concept of glorifying religious bigotry as Comedy Central openly mocks and dispar More..ages God and Christianity yet takes every precaution to not attack Islam.” The show is one of about 28 that the channel said in early May that was in the script/paper development stage. The network described at the time the series as follows: • JC: A half-hour animated show about JC (Jesus Christ) wanting to escape his father’s enormous shadow and live life in NYC as a regular guy. A lot has changed in 2000 years and he is the ultimate fish out of water. Meanwhile his all-powerful yet apathetic father would rather be playing video games than listening to JC recount his life in the city. JC is a playful take on religion and society with a sprinkle of dumb. Executive produced by Reveille (The Office), Henrik Basin, Brian Boyle (American Dad), Jonathan Sjoberg and Andreas Ohman. CARB plans to release a joint letter to companies that have advertised with Comedy Central urging them not to sponsor JC. They also will release a four-minute video mashup of Comedy Central programs’ portrayals of Jesus Christ and God that it considers to be “mockery.” The group lists among its leadership the following members: • Brent Bozell – Media Research Center president • Tony Perkins – Family Research Council president • Michael Medved – Nationally syndicated talk radio host • Bill Donohue – Catholic League president • Tim Winter – Parents Television Council president • Rabbi Daniel Lapin – The American Alliance of Jews and Christians Religious controversy is not new for Comedy Central, which blocked out and bleeped references to Muhammed, the prophet of Islam, in a recent e...