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CBS Silences LAUGHLIN!! AMAZING RACE To Follow 60 MINUTES In Two Weeks!!

Published at:  Oct 22, 2007 10:07:08 PM CDT

SPOILER ALERT !!

I am – Hercules!!

“Viva Laughlin” sings no more.

Less than five days after its premiere, CBS has yanked its low-rated and reviled musical drama “Viva Laughlin.”

A repeat of “CSI” will fill “Viva’s 8 p.m. timeslot this Sunday. Starting Nov. 4, a new, 12th edition of “The Amazing Race” will inherit the slot.

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FIVE-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING "THE AMAZING RACE" RETURNS FOR ITS 12TH EDITION

ON SUNDAY, NOV. 4, 8:00-9:00 PM

"The Amazing Race 12" Spans 50,000 Miles Including First Time Visits to Ireland , Lithuania and Croatia

THE AMAZING RACE, winner of five consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality Competition Series, returns for its 12th edition on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Nov. 4 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT).

"If there ever was a season that I consider one of the best, it's this one," said Bertram van Munster," executive producer, director and co-creator of THE AMAZING RACE. "It's insanely funny, fast-paced and dramatic all at once. Teams are in hot pursuit of one another at every location and its reality television at its nail-biting best."

This season, teams will travel approximately 50,000 miles, covering five new countries including Ireland , Lithuania and Croatia .

In its 11 previous editions, broadcast in several time periods, THE AMAZING RACE has averaged more than 10 million viewers and a 4.1/10 in adults 18-49.

Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman and Hayma Screech Washington are the executive producers for Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc. in association with ABC Television Studio and Amazing Race Productions. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri. Phil Keoghan hosts.




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  • Oct 22, 2007 8:09:05 PM CDT

    60 Minutes...

    by malesheep

    ...is awesome.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 8:09:48 PM CDT

    Just curious...

    by the_patriot

    Can anyone name a weekly television musical (not a variety show a la Hee Haw or such) but a scripted musical that has actually succeeded? I just can't think of one offhand...

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  • Oct 22, 2007 8:10:15 PM CDT

    Because CSI needs more nights to be on...

    by tonagan

    Do they cancel shows because advertisers don't buy air time for them? I suppose that would make sense.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 8:14:14 PM CDT

    Uh ... why the spoiler box?

    by chrth

    Just wondering

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  • Oct 22, 2007 8:25:52 PM CDT

    Yanked after a single episode?

    by mullah omar

    Wow, what are the last few shows that got pulled after the premiere? And I just checked the CBS website and it looks like they have erased nearly all trace of this show. I found a link to the pilot on CBS' "innertube" but that was it. "Viva Laughlin" is now contraband, apparently!

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  • Oct 22, 2007 8:29:03 PM CDT

    Cancelled after 2 episodes within 5 days

    by big jim

    CBS is the new FOX!the_patriot, the only show I can think of is Fame.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:09:24 PM CDT

    even with the writers strike they're canning it?

    by tallboy66

    I think this is the first casualty of the fall season (Anchorwoman doesn't count). which is surprising because don't they need to stockpile product?

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:10:14 PM CDT

    whats 'viva laughlin'?

    by dr.bulber

    they should make 60 minutes a musical

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:18:53 PM CDT

    Guess Rob Thomas was right to leave...

    by danielkurland

    I don't care if the show did suck and got awful reviews, it is just disrepectful to the cast and crew to cancel a show after TWO episodes. It's impossible for a show to build an audience that fast, and I hate that that is how TV is being done these days.

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  • JERICHO!!

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:37:46 PM CDT

    They should be able to assess a show before it runs.

    by kabong

    Why was it allowed on the air if it is so bad that it must be cancelled so quickly?

    That's a sign that the executives have no idea of what makes a good series.

    They just throw crap on the screen and hope it sticks.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:42:14 PM CDT

    If you plaster Hugh Jackman's name all over something...

    by www.revyou.tv

    ...he should appear in it for more than 5 minutes! This show got yanked because it didn't have enough Jackman, plain and simple. Plus a tough guy singing? You can bend reality, but you have to do it right. UGLY BETTY does it perfectly, PUSHING DAISIES goes a bit too far (IMHO, but a lot of peeps luvs that show) and VIVA LAUGHLIN just broke reality in half and spit on it.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:43:13 PM CDT

    The_Patriot:

    by mostholy

    Flight of the Conchords.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 9:54:13 PM CDT

    Emily's Reasons Why Not

    by mixiboi

    Last year it was "Emily's Reasons Why Not" that got canned after it's first episode.

    Shows canceled after one episode(worldwide+Reality)

    http://tinyurl.com/yad78d

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  • Oct 22, 2007 10:06:46 PM CDT

    Viva Laughlin

    by jonquixote

    When they overdubbed the actors with the original versions of the songs they were supposed to be singing, was that a last minute panicky change? Or did they always intend for their flashy t.v. star-powered musical to look like the sort of rock videos my friends and I used to make in 7th grade?

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  • Oct 22, 2007 10:08:13 PM CDT

    Oh, Man

    by birdmnjr

    Mixboi, that list is great. I remember that show "The Will". That show was fuckin hilarious. Those people were just absolute hick disasters. I remember being upset when they cancelled it after one episode. I always thought that it was because they had accidentally let the word "fuck" slip through in the initial broadcast though.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 10:11:15 PM CDT

    Viva Laughlin

    by wrath4771

    Many people don't realize this, but Viva Laughlin is Polish for "Three train pile up where grandchildren watch their grandparents die in a horrible chemical explosion." It's that kind of train wreck folks.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 10:25:41 PM CDT

    Everybody should have guessed something was up when...

    by pennsy

    Jackman didn't appear at the TV Critics Association summer press tour to promote the show, nor was on via satellite from Aussie, where he wound up being as located at that time. He knew then, I suspect, this was an all-time turkey and distanced himself from it.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 10:26:41 PM CDT

    SAVE VIVA LAUGHLIN! SEND POKER CHIPS TO LESLIE

    by pennsy

    Moonves at CBS, stat!

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  • Oct 22, 2007 11:06:42 PM CDT

    Amazing Race needs to get its groove back.

    by flim springfield

    The last few seasons have really declined in qualtiy. The All-Stars was just terrible. But I like the show and hope it can regain its lost form.

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  • Oct 22, 2007 11:20:00 PM CDT

    About CBS's innertube...

    by digitalcos

    I don't frequent many of the talkbacks for CBS shows, so I don't know if this topic has been covered already. Am I the only one who's found "innertube" to suck old man balls.There's no way to easily navagate to the different blocks in the shows. It locks up all the time. It just freezes on black.Has anybody else had problems with it?

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  • Oct 22, 2007 11:24:34 PM CDT

    I Caught Roughly 10 Mins of Viva Laughlin

    by fyrie

    I had the douche-chills the entire time.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 12:01:36 AM CDT

    Yeah, innertube locks up a lot

    by mullah omar

    And yeah, it was probably the result of the shittiness of "Viva Laughlin." I watched it, and the show alternated between inept and jaw-droppingly over the top. Wow. What in THE HELL were CBS and Jackman thinking?

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  • Oct 23, 2007 12:33:16 AM CDT

    This show

    by series7

    Could have been something watchable if they had gone all out on the musical numbers. Who thought that actors kind of singing along with actual songs did anything besides make them look crazy. If they had just turned everything in a musical i think this show would have worked. Jackman should fucking know musicals, and just singing along with a song is horrible, i can do that in my car and be more entertained. I do think though if they had made this a straight out gay as hell musical it would have been watchable because at least then it would have been crazy. It was trying to hard to maintain that CSI coolness too it that every show thats not a sitcom has to have. They went for style (missed the mark) rather then flashy. And I show about a casino needs to be loud and obnoxiousness, and probably only a miniseries.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 12:56:34 AM CDT

    GOD DAMN IT!

    by skidmarkedundies

    It was quirky fun. And it was good to see Ethan Rom in a pool sipping cocktails with fat chicks. CAN'T DB WOODSIDE GET SOME LOVE?!?! GOOD GOD!

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  • Oct 23, 2007 3:34:09 AM CDT

    Remember Smith?

    by the selecter

    It was the mediocre but overrated heist show that got canned after 3 episodes last year because it didn't find an audience like the even more mediocre and overrated Walton's Nuclear Holocaust show. I would have thought they'd pull the Jericho rabbit out of the hat, but I guess they're going to hold onto it for the next turd to drop, perhaps Moonlight. But hey, they found a way to incorporate air-to-ground missiles into a vampire show, so maybe it deserves to continue!!

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  • Oct 23, 2007 5:18:38 AM CDT

    trivia quiz

    by napoleon park

    Name a show that was canceled without ever having aired in it's regularly scheduled time slot:

    Viva Laughlin was scheduled to be in the Sunday, 8:00 time slot. CBS buried the show and rigged the ratings to justify it by airing the debut on the wrong night, then showing the second episode with a fifteen minute delay so that anyone planning to watch a competitors show at 9:00 chose to skip it.
    Does anyone here remember "Turn On" the Laugh-In spin-off that ABC canceled halfway through it's only 20 minute broadcast? Although the series actually aired one full episode, there were a couple of skittish or prudish affiliates who pulled the show, creating the urban legend that the show was so bad ABC pulled it off the air halfway through it's first episode.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 7:25:06 AM CDT

    WOW!

    by renonevada2000

    This makes COP ROCK look like a runaway hit.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 8:26:24 AM CDT

    I sure hope they release Laughlin on DVD

    by darth_nader

    I need something to prop up the front corner of my couch. It's a little wobbly. Madchen, fire your agent already!

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  • Oct 23, 2007 9:08:31 AM CDT

    The_patriot: Here's another example

    by rockgolf

    The Monkees. It was at least a top 10 show, and may have been #1 or #2 in it's debut season.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 9:24:47 AM CDT

    Did anyone even know it was a musical?

    by mcgsstepson

    The network seriously buried that fact in all marketing and promo materials. I don't know if it would have helped but could it have hurt it? I saw the show twice and while it was a game try - more than Herc gave it credit for - the network could clearly not emulate the wonderful tone of the original BBC production.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 9:37:28 AM CDT

    At least DAYLIGHT got to air more episodes

    by mr incredible

    before ABC in their shitty wisdom canceled it. I hope the Amazing Race takes it up a notch, too. It's getting about as complacent as SURVIVOR.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 11:18:07 AM CDT

    Sorry, I meant DAYBREAK

    by mr incredible

  • Oct 23, 2007 1:01:27 PM CDT

    I hated the British Version, Too.

    by c.k. lamoo

    The mystery turns out to be no at all.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 1:40:32 PM CDT

    PUSHING DAISIES GETS A FULL SEASON!

    by charlie murphy

  • Oct 23, 2007 1:41:17 PM CDT

    I want to know why New Amsterdam got

    by grammaton cleric binks

    cancelled before it even started. The immortal cop premise looked instriguing. Too Moonlightish even though he's a private eye vampire? I would have liked to have seen one episode before passing judgment.

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  • Oct 23, 2007 3:02:17 PM CDT

    New Amsterdam was cancelled?

    by big jim

    I remember seeing ads for it during the Summer (or was it as far back as Spring?) and thought it was worth a look. I just figured it was demoted to mid-season replacement. I have to think if it was cancelled it had less to do with quality and more to do with a possible lawsuit for being too similar to something (but what, I do not know).

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  • Oct 23, 2007 4:16:44 PM CDT

    The_Patriot - Fame

    by grandmufftarkin

    I think this is the only one that really qualifies, since Conchords and Monkees aren't musical theater. But again, it's kind of an exception considering Fame was at a performing arts school, so naturally they'd be running around singing. Unlike cops or casino workers. Who EVER thinks this format will work?

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  • Oct 23, 2007 4:59:54 PM CDT

    K-ville will be next.

    by yeti

    The magic 8-ball never lies!

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  • Oct 23, 2007 7:40:43 PM CDT

    New Amsterdam

    by thebige

    Wasn't that something like Highlander?

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  • Oct 23, 2007 11:08:02 PM CDT

    seriously...Viva Laughlin?

    by datascream

    Why in the hell would you base a show in Laughlin. It's not even Vegas "Lite". There's nothing in Laughlin for chrissakes!

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  • Oct 24, 2007 12:26:14 AM CDT

    Wolverine sings no more, eviscerates agent!

    by mrmysteryguest

    Ah, well, back to X-Men!

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  • Oct 24, 2007 1:08:06 AM CDT

    I also hated the British Version,

    by mr_x

    Why that pile of crap got awards, i'll never know. If you're gonna copy a british show, copy a good one, like "life on mars"

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  • Oct 24, 2007 5:39:43 AM CDT

    THANK DOG!!

    by maniaq

    I was willing to give Viva a chance UNTIL THEY STARTED BREAKING OUT INTO FUCKING SONG!!! Which was all of about two minutes in! What a fucking ABORTION of an idea! FUCK DREAMGIRLS!

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  • Oct 24, 2007 9:26:34 AM CDT

    I'd rather watch Viva McLaughlin

    by dingleberry jones

    starring Pat Buchannan and Tony Blankley as casino heavies fighting for control of the city all while trying desperately to get Eleanor Clift in the sack. Featuring speacial guest star John Mclaughlin as the mafioso don who is masterminding a crime syndicate hell-bent on destroying all of them. Hey, it sounds better than the new Flash Gordon.

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  • Oct 25, 2007 7:57:58 AM CDT

    Days ago, The Patriot...

    by napoleon park

    asked if anyone could name a weekly TV musical. "That succeeded", which eliminates Cop Rock. And the Monkees, Partridge Family and Archies don't count because the songs didn't advance the plots. The musical episodes of Xena, Buffy and Scrubs don't count because they weren't the basis of the series. And musical variety shows like Where the Action Is, Hullaballoo, Shindig, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, New Wave Theatre, Midnight Special, In Concert, The Kenny Everett Video Show, etc. don't count because they don't have plots. The Simpsons and Family guy have done MANY musical episodes, but no always. And Fame only marginally counts because for them the songs were schoolwork. Well, I've never seen it or anything, but isn't there supposed to be some sort of HIGH SCHOOL based MUSICAL show on the Disney channel? What was that called...? Hannah Montana or something...?

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  • Oct 25, 2007 8:26:58 AM CDT

    extended remix

    by napoleon park

    Days ago, The Patriot...
    asked if anyone could name a weekly TV musical. "That succeeded".
    Which eliminates Cop Rock and Viva Laughlin.
    And the Monkees, Partridge Family and Archies don't count because the
    songs didn't advance the plots.
    The musical episodes of Xena, Buffy and Scrubs don't count because they weren't the basis of the series.
    And musical variety shows like Where the Action Is, Hullaballoo,
    Shindig, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, New Wave Theatre,
    Midnight Special, In Concert, The Kenny Everett Video Show, etc.
    don't count because they don't have plots.
    The whole "Dawson's Anatomy of Arcadia" genre of shows that
    incoporate current or recent songs don't count because the on screen
    characters don't sing.
    Ally McBeal and Nikki don't count, having a big production number at
    the start or a night club performance at the end of every episode doesn't make it a musical.
    Same with Cold Case, which uses music from a historical era to set
    the time of the flashbacks.
    The Simpsons and Family Guy have done MANY musical episodes, but not
    always or regularly.
    And Fame only marginally counts because for them the songs were
    schoolwork.Well, I've never seen it or anything, but isn't there supposed to be
    some sort of HIGH SCHOOL based MUSICAL show on the Disney channel?
    What was that called...? Hannah Montana or something...?

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