Looks as if the Christian Slater career resurrection will have to wait for the next project. NBC has canceled My Own Worst Enemy. Despite an onslaught of promotion during the Summer Olympics, Enemy just never found the audience, despite its supposedly plum spot behind Heroes. Its most recent episode averaged only a 2.3 share or 5.2 million viewers.
In the bipolar spy actioner, Slater portrayed the dual roles of secret agent Edwart Albright and his cover alias of Henry Spivey, who had no knowledge of his double identity. Albright’s agency could switch the two personalities by way of a chip implanted in Edward’s brain. That same chip starts malfunctioning and Henry comes out at the most inopportune times. NBC ordered the standard thirteen episodes, but then announced that they would order no more. So far the show has produced a total of nine episodes, which will be its final run tally.
Although I didn’t bother with this show, I’ve always liked Slater and I hope this setback doesn’t slow him up too much. He has three films in the pipeline, including Lies & Illusions with Cuba Gooding, Jr., Dolan’s Cadillac with Emmanuelle Vaugier and Wes Bentley, and the animated Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey with Sarah Michelle Gellar, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in 2010.
The rather quick cancellation of Enemy may not portend good things for the upcoming Dollhouse, the Joss Whedon / Eliza Dushku programmable agent drama set to premiere on Fox in January, which has already had its share of problems. But Dollhouse may benefit from the fact that Fox shows don’t usually need the numbers that NBC shows do in order to stay afloat. Lipstick Jungle is probably going to discover this fairly soon as well.
In the meantime, at least we still have Knight Rider goin…uh…strong…
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NBC really seems to want Knight Rider to succeed for whatever reason. Perhaps the ghost of Brandon Tartikoff is haunting their hallways.
Funny, I told a buddy at work this was cancelled and Knight Rider still breathing was also the first thing he brought up. Dolan's Cadillac was a nice enough short story and would make a great Twilight Zone episode or something similar, but a feature? Poor Happy Harry Hard-On.
Knight Rider is probably a license to print money in the overseas markets, which is why they're keeping it around. This show I found to be unwatchably dull for the most part.
Too bad. I actually liked this show. Oh well! It's back to Fringe, then!
This should open the door for Gleaming the Cube 2: Pump up the Heathers.
Fuck!! One of my favourite films is TRUE ROMANCE; Slater could've been our generations Jack Nickleson – where did it all go wrong??!! (leaves this open for comments rergarding how christian fucken up his chances in WHOREYLWOOD by beating up his wife or some shit…) – WHOREYLWOOD?; that makes me think of Clarence Whirley….! this ain't white boy day is it??!!. I am a bit drunk after free booze in London – excuse my poor spelling.
Lipstick Jungle is cancelled too. But who cares?
Of course NBC cancels all the best shows, they're turning into FOX. Last year they got rid of Journeyman and The Black Donnelly's – but they keep the garbage like Nut Rider and that retarded Howie Mandel Show … no wonder they're not #1 anymore, and they never will be again.
Never watched this, but the plot sounded like a complete rip of A Scanner Darkly.
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