Viva Laughlin

*Viva Laughlin*
Viva Laughlin
	Intertitle
Genre	Dramedy; Musical;
Created by	Peter Bowker; Bob Lowry;
Starring	Lloyd Owen; Mädchen Amick; Ellen Woglom; Carter Jenkins; Eric Winter; D.B. Woodside; Hugh Jackman; Melanie Griffith; P. J. Byrne;
Theme music composer	Trevor Morris
Composers	Patrick Miligan; John E. Nordstrom;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Peter Bowker; Hugh Jackman; Bob Lowry; Gabriele Muccino; John Palermo; Steven S. DeKnight; Paul Telegdy;
Producer	Don Kurt
Cinematography	Paul M. Sommers
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	BBC Worldwide; CBS Paramount Network Television; Seed Productions; Sony Pictures Television;
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 18 –; October 21, 2007

Viva Laughlin is an American musical dramedy television series adapted by Bob Lowry and Peter Bowker (creator of the original series) from the popular BBC serial Blackpool, and taking its name from the latter program's sequel Viva Blackpool. Lowry and Bowker also served as executive producers alongside Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Paul Telegdy, and Gabriele Muccino. The latter also directed the pilot. It was filmed on location in part at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California for most of the inside casino shots.

Produced by BBC Worldwide, CBS Paramount Network Television, Sony Pictures Television, and Seed Productions, the series was greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 14, 2007. Excerpts from the series were aired in subsequent previews throughout the CBS telecast of the 61st Annual Tony Awards on June 10, 2007. CBS aired a preview of the pilot on October 18, 2007 following an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation before broadcasting its official season premiere on October 21, 2007 in its regular timeslot on Sunday nights at 8:00/7:00c, following 60 Minutes.

CBS cancelled Viva Laughlin on October 22, 2007 after airing two episodes, with the Nine Network (in Jackman's home country of Australia) following suit the next day by canceling the show after airing only one episode. Both CBS and Nine filled the show's time slot with repeat episodes of CSI, with The Amazing Race then taking Viva Laughlin's place on CBS on November 4. There are still no plans to air the remaining episodes as of October 2020.

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