And so you get Viva Laughlin, a musical drama based on the BBC's Viva Blackpool.

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Despite its bold-face producer and sometimes-star Hugh Jackman, the musical casino drama Viva Laughlin was a flop for CBS .

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Another musical show, CBS's "Viva Laughlin, " with Hugh Jackman, flopped in 2007.

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By comparison, the same four networks added only one-- CBS ' (nyse: CBS - news - people ) Viva Laughlin-- to last year's schedule.

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Despite its bold-face producer and sometimes-star Hugh Jackman, the musical casino drama Viva Laughlin was a flop for CBS (nyse: CBS - news - people ).

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For every Ugly Betty, there's a Viva Laughlin.

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Rather than embrace the daring and offbeat as the network (unsuccessfully) did with Swingtown, Moonlight and Viva Laughlin in seasons past, this season's schedule is once again heavy on the tried and true: procedurals, multicamera sitcoms and spin-offs.

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The problems were compounded in the 2007--08 season, when Moonves tried to step out of the Murder, She Wrote mode with such shows as Swingtown (a racy look at 1970s suburban spouse-swapping), Viva Laughlin (an adapted musical dramedy about gambling) and Kid Nation (a Lord of the Flies-style reality series).

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