Viva Laughlin

I was so excited about this show 6 months ago. I mean, they showed all those cool previews during the Tony's, and Hugh Jackman was in it, which is pretty much all I need to know to watch anything. The premise of a musical crime-drama seemed...interesting. But again, Hugh was going to be singing, so I didn't really ask any questions. The reviews leading up to the premiere were horrible, but I chose to ignore them, hoping that the critics were wrong about this one. All I can say is- Oh NO. I could barely even get through the first episode. Hugh did sing, but I could barely even hear his voice because the original song was playing at the same time. Not cool.

I wanted so much for the show to be a success because even though Hugh was only going to be a guest star and not a member of the regular cast, it was produced by his company, Seed Productions. He is so amazing, and I want all of his projects to do well. But even I was glad to hear yesterday that the show was canceled. Maybe now people will forget that this ever happened, Hugh's career will continue to thrive, and Eric Winter (who played the police officer investigating the murder of that rich dude) can get his cute self back over to Brothers & Sisters. He belongs there with Kevin.

Now I'm going to go listen to The Boy from Oz soundtrack and be incredibly happy.