August 24, 2007
Anchorwoman, FOX's ill-conceived reality series about a ex-beauty queen/WWE diva moving to small-town Texas to become an anchorwoman, has been canceled after only one night on the air. The show debuted Wednesday to a paltry 2.7 million viewers, placing it 4th in its time slot by a wide margin This was enough for FOX to pull the plug. This is relatively unprecedented, seeing as networks typically give new shows at least a couple of weeks on the air before killing it. Technically, Anchorwoman did air two separate half-hour episodes of their show, but they might have well been one. The remaining seven episodes can be seen on FOX.com.
August 22, 2007
I may not be the right person to review Anchorwoman. If there is one thing in this world that I cannot stand, it is the local news. You could not pay me to sit through an hour of “news stories” about lost cats, car accidents, and consumer reports (“Is your tap water POISONED?”). To say I came into my viewing of Anchorwoman a little bit jaded would be an understatement. The FOX reality show debuted tonight and it follows Lauren Jones, a buxom blonde who has been a WWE diva and one of The Price is Right girls, as she moves to small-town Texas where she's been handed a job as a local news anchor. I can guarantee that this show was pitched to FOX as “The Simple Life goes to the local news”. But, here's the funny thing: whereas Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie came off as the butt of the joke on The Simple Life, Lauren Jones might be the most likable person in the newsroom.