TV Deja Vu: Remakes that worked, remakes that flopped
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"Viva Laughlin" (2007)
Based on: "Blackpool" (which aired as "Viva Blackpool" on BBC America), a six-episode BBC miniseries (2004)
Hit or Miss? Miss
This drama-with-musical numbers about a struggling casino owner was a love it-or-hate it proposition in its first incarnation. When it made the leap to CBS in 2007, very few people came down in the "love it" camp. It lasted all of one week on the air before being dumped.
Hit or Miss? Miss
This drama-with-musical numbers about a struggling casino owner was a love it-or-hate it proposition in its first incarnation. When it made the leap to CBS in 2007, very few people came down in the "love it" camp. It lasted all of one week on the air before being dumped.
