Viva Laughlin
Drama

Premise: Based on the BBC format "Viva Blackpool," a man's dream of opening a casino in Laughlin, Nevada is compromised by his family, his rivals and his involvement in a murder investigation. Musical numbers unexpectedly ensue.

First Impressions: Having Hugh Jackman as a recurring guest star is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have Hugh Jackman, who can sing, dance and preen like nobody's business. On the other hand, everybody else in the show is immediately in his shadow and the trailer had a completely different energy when he was around. The over-looped music numbers will take some getting used to (as they did in the British original), but it will be worth seeing where the American team takes this and how often they can get Jackman to drop by.

Stars: Lloyd Owen ("Miss Potter"), Madchen Amick ("Twin Peaks"), P.J. Byrne ("The Game"), Carter Jenkins ("Surface"), Eric Winter ("Wildfire"), Ellen Woglom, D.B. Woodside ("24") and guest starring Melanie Griffith ("Twins") and Hugh Jackman ("The Prestige")

"Musical numbers unexpectedly ensue."???? Maybe David Spragg can give us his opinion of the BBC series. I guess this couldn't be any worse than some of the goofy things they did on the "Las Vegas" series.

Here are links to three previews on Youtube. The first two have musical numbers. The third was definitely filmed on location in an office overlooking the river:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41ys4hjFT4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr-7naCX8tY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbg1VHjCOQ4