Chiklis Versus Quaid: An Episodic Crime Drama That Got More Rewarding As The Season Progressed
One of the most eagerly anticipated show on CBS's 2012 lineup had to be "Vegas." An expensive period piece starring acting heavyweights Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, the show was created by TV veteran Greg Walker and organized crime authority Nicholas Pileggi. If you aren't familiar with Pileggi, he's best known for writing the book "Wiseguy." "Wiseguy" was then adapted by Pileggi and Martin Scorcese into the Oscar nominated screenplay for "Goodfellas." In my household, it was a no-brainer. We were definitely going to check out this TV project with his name on it! The debut of "Vegas" drew good overall numbers, but then struggled to maintain interest with the younger demographic. As advertisers are primarily concerned with ratings information from the 18-49 age grouping, this ended up being a big problem for CBS and this high profile offering. "Vegas" was knocked out of its Tuesday time slot, went on a brief hiatus, and subsequently burned off original episodes on Friday...
I loved this show!!
The acting is amazing (I mean c'mon- Michael Chiklis, Dennis Quaid & Carrie-Anne Moss), the costuming was perfect & throw in some police detective type work, a few murders and Vegas in the early days, I love it. Really, really bummed it was cancelled, thought this was one of the better shows on non-cable TV. I mean people want a million seasons of the worst crap on TV but they cancel this. So disappointed! At least they ended it in such a way you can look at it like a mini-series, since they concluded the season very well without any cliffhangers. Wanted to buy the season on Blu Ray though & don't see it. Would not pay this price for reg DVDs, hoping Blu Ray shows up soon, otherwise the price would have to drop a lot for me to get this.
Vegas-2012 "Good Show"
This is a "Good Show" Starring Michael Chiklis and Dennis Quaid as Rancher Ralph Lamb, which was canceled for the usual reasons..Changing time slots and low ratings..This show was very well done..This DVD Edition is just like "The Defenders" in which it is priced too high for the times and then it will go "Out Of Print" If you are lucky when you sell this item later you will recoup about $14.99 from its sale. They need to get real about over pricing this item..This is the standard 6-disc package just like CSI and others that paramount produces and so you know what you are getting..(*****) stars for the show(*) One star for the price!!
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