Life’s Too Short: The CW Yanks “The Beautiful Life: TBL”
Zac Posen to model-in-waiting: "Wait...wait...never mind, show's over."
Oh Mischa Barton, we were so looking forward to seeing you on our TV screens again. Just not in this tragedy.
The CW decided to spare us more episodes of “The Beautiful Life,” the Ashton Kutcher-produced series about models pursuing their big break. That makes “TBL” the first casualty of the 2009-2010 season, and makes me glad that I didn’t put money into an office pool. Having seen Fox’s “Brothers,” which makes its hideous debut this evening, I thought for sure that it would win that honor. But alas, “TBL” couldn’t even survive long enough for other U.S. viewers to make that discovery for themselves.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday night’s “TBL” episode, its second (and last), only attracted about 1 million viewers. Now, in seasons past, low opening numbers weren’t enough to make The CW cancel a show so early on…but Kutcher has nearly 3.7 million devoted followers on Twitter. Clearly the math was never going to add up. The announced pick-up of “Fly Girls,” the reality series following Virgin Air flight attendants, and a docu-soap following the life of celebutante Tinsley Mortimer, didn’t help “TBL’s” situation either.
Besides, the network’s higher-ups appear to be throwing their mojo behind the “Melrose Place,” which is struggling in the ratings as well. But as of this week, the new “MP” hooked Heather Locklear for a guest star arc that starts November 17, in the midst of sweeps.
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Life’s Too Short: The CW Yanks “The Beautiful Life: TBL”
Zac Posen to model-in-waiting: "Wait...wait...never mind, show's over."
Oh Mischa Barton, we were so looking forward to seeing you on our TV screens again. Just not in this tragedy.
The CW decided to spare us more episodes of “The Beautiful Life,” the Ashton Kutcher-produced series about models pursuing their big break. That makes “TBL” the first casualty of the 2009-2010 season, and makes me glad that I didn’t put money into an office pool. Having seen Fox’s “Brothers,” which makes its hideous debut this evening, I thought for sure that it would win that honor. But alas, “TBL” couldn’t even survive long enough for other U.S. viewers to make that discovery for themselves.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday night’s “TBL” episode, its second (and last), only attracted about 1 million viewers. Now, in seasons past, low opening numbers weren’t enough to make The CW cancel a show so early on…but Kutcher has nearly 3.7 million devoted followers on Twitter. Clearly the math was never going to add up. The announced pick-up of “Fly Girls,” the reality series following Virgin Air flight attendants, and a docu-soap following the life of celebutante Tinsley Mortimer, didn’t help “TBL’s” situation either.
Besides, the network’s higher-ups appear to be throwing their mojo behind the “Melrose Place,” which is struggling in the ratings as well. But as of this week, the new “MP” hooked Heather Locklear for a guest star arc that starts November 17, in the midst of sweeps.
Other late-breaking news on Friday: Vincent D’Onofrio confirms that he’s leaving “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.”
This entry was posted on Saturday, September 26th, 2009, 12:47 am and is filed under Casting alert, Commentary, Tune In Info. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.