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Hugh Jackman Casino Murder Musical Just As Popular As Anticipated

7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | In a development that will probably surprise no one save the Hugh Jackman producing partner who counselled the star, “You know what we be an inspired career move, Hugh? Let’s get you into a TV project with casinos. But not Vegas – someone’s done that already, I think? Oh, also? There should be SINGING! And a murrrrder!,” the debut of CBS’s conceptually adventurous Viva Laughlin bombed so badly that network corporate overlord Les Moonves may order the execution of everyone involved after its next airing. Reports TV Week on the Nielsen carnage: More »

CBS’s ‘Babylon Fields’, The Necrophilia-Tinged Crime Procedural You Never Knew You Wanted

4:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Knowing that CBS’s decision to pass on pilot Babylon Fields for a midseason replacement timeslot means that audiences will now never get the chance to experience the network’s bold attempt to invigorate the moribund crime procedural genre with the edgy, zombie-fucking action it was sorely lacking, TV Week.com has resurrected some clips from the aborted series, giving us a glimpse of the necrophilia-tinged primetime programming we could all be enjoying instead of the tepid offerings involving vampires or Jimmy Smits that made the schedule instead. Explains TV Week: The show explores the emotional and societal ramification of loved ones coming back from the dead. You know, like in “Pet Sematary”. But by the end of the episode, the zombie thriller is crossed with a crime procedural. So, small town police detective Stevenson is given a murder to solve while zombies wander the streets. “ZSI.” More »