For those who like their reality shows loaded with sugar and syrup, it simply doesn't get any sweeter -- or more commercial -- than "Three Wishes." The quick description is that host Amy Grant, a sweet-natured recording artist who has spun Christian music into gold, and her energetic helpers visit a small town each week (presumably, larger cities are beyond fixing with three wishes). [...] when little Bobby tells about the sacrifices made by his stepfather, or when little Abby needs facial reconstruction after a terrible car crash, or when the whole town of Sonora, Calif., needs a new football field to honor the coach with leukemia, you'd have to have a heart of onyx not to feel for them.

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