'Joan of Arcadia' defies expectations to become freshman hit

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- Mary Steenburgen understands skepticism about "Joan of Arcadia." She had the same reaction when her agent suggested playing the mother of a teenage girl who talks to a God that takes the form of random people.

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