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Troubled actress Mischa Barton is out of work.
And she's not alone. That's because there won't be a long life for the CW's "The Beautiful Life."
The network shut down production on the glitzy drama produced by AshtonKutcher and starring Barton after just two episodes, a network official confirmed Friday.
The series was set in the high-gloss world of the New York modeling scene. BesidesBarton, the show starred Corbin Bleu and Elle McPherson.
"The Beautiful Life" was paired with "America's Next Top Model" Wednesdays at 9 p.m. It launched with middling reviews,and to an audience of 1.4 million viewers, according to The NielsenCompany. The audience dropped to just 1 million in the second week.
Six episodes of the show were shot before the CW pulled the plug. The show is off the network's lineup immediately, and a replacement will soon benamed, the official said.
The CW will air reruns of "Melrose Place" in the Wednesday at 9 slot.
Atlanta-based TBS has nixed "The Bill Engvall Show" after three seasons and 30 episodes.
Engvall's sitcom was moved to Saturdays this summer and did okay but my guess it drew too old of an audience, given the old-fashioned nature of thehumor and the time slot.
TBS just sent a statement:
TBS has cancelled The Bill Engvall Show after three seasons. We had a great experience working with Bill and the cast. Bill is a terrific comic, and we have tremendous respect for him. While the show didn't attract the audience we need to renew it for another season, we're proud of the work of everyone involved.