Viva Laughlin was a bizarre American television musical-dramedy adapted by Bob Lowry and Peter Bowker (creator of the original series) from the popular BBC British serial, Blackpool. They 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 would later fill its time slot with episodes of CSI, with The Amazing Race taking Viva Laughlin's place on CBS on November 4. The show was mocked in an episode of E!'s The Soup, in which Joel McHale showed clips of Lloyd Owen singing and then feigned shock that the show was cancelled, with McHale exclaiming "We need that!"

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