Paige and I have a few Veggie Tales DVDs, and while I have to admit that their religious side often gets cheesy and enters generic new-aged "God loves everyone" territory more than I'd like, I like them overall. However, I can't imagine how NBC could have signed a contract to pay for permission to broadcast Veggie Tales without knowing that they have was a strong religious side. That's like getting permission to broadcast Sesame Street without knowing about the grouchy monster living in the trashcan.

UPDATE Much more information is now available. I actually knew about the lawsuit (PDF, which actually turned out to be an important copyright suit, and will be cited for years to come), but figured that since it had been overturned on appeal the judgement had been reversed and that Big Idea had only come close to bankruptcy. Looks like I was wrong.