Viva Laughlin

Mr. TV: Risks and Tsks

source: MEDIAWEEK

Other musical dramas like Cop Rock (ABC, 1990), Rags to Riches (NBC, 1987-88) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (CBS, 1982) did not “live forever” either. And who can forget Viva Laughlin, CBS' two-episode flop in 2006? Also at Fox is animated The ...

Published Sun, May 31

Get Flick'd

source: Sydney Morning Herald

 Australia Hugh Jackman's production company has now produced the ill-fated TV flop Viva Laughlin, last years thriller-fizzer Deception and now X-Men Origins: Wolverine. On this third piece of evidence, it's possibly time to declare that Hugh is not great at ...

Published Wed, Apr 29

TV Guy: Walters sets the stage for the Oscar telecast

source: Times Herald-Record

Jackman's network TV experience includes the quickly canceled, ghastly and pointless CBS musical soap opera "Viva Laughlin." So who knows? If the recent Golden Globe and BAFTA awards are any guide, we can expect to see somebody pick up a ...

Published Mon, Feb 23

Can Hugh do it?

source: Cape Cod Times

Otherwise, Jackman's movie career has been less than memorable, capped by last year's box-office dud "Australia." And, as last season's mercifully short-lived "Viva Laughlin" proved, one talented person does not a television show make. ...

Published Sat, Feb 21

Bacon takes 'Chance' with few words

source: SouthCoastToday.com

 MA Jackman's network TV experience includes the quickly canceled, ghastly and pointless CBS musical soap opera "Viva Laughlin." So who knows. If the recent Golden Globe and BAFTA awards are any guide, we can expect to see somebody pick up a ...

Published Fri, Feb 20

Are you ready for a singing and dancing Hugh Jackman on Oscar night? - VIDEO

source: TV Squad

Why? Because Hugh Jackman likes to sing. And dance. And he usually looks pretty silly when he does those things at the same time, like in that episode of Viva Laughlin. Continue reading Are you ready for a singing and dancing Hugh Jackman on Oscar night? - VIDEO

Published Fri, Dec 12

Whedonesque : Comments on 18131 : James Marsters' November Q and A.

source: Whedonesque | a weblog about Joss Whedon

My totally uninformed guess is that he tried out for the short-lived CBS musical series "Viva Laughlin" (the American adaptation of the BBC's "Viva Blackpool"), which was produced by Hugh Jackman's company. ...

Published Sat, Nov 15

From ‘All in the Family’ to ‘Coupling’: the best a

source: Binghamton University Pipe Dream

  USA - Oct 24, 2008 CBS tried its luck with Hugh Jackman’s “Viva Laughlin,” which was adapted from the BBC series “Blackpool,” but it was canceled after airing two episodes. ...

Published Fri, Oct 24