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OK, so the show isn't coming back, that's no reason to go out and get drunk.

Austin Nichols, who played the mysterious (was he still mysterious at the end? I stopped watching after three episodes) John on HBO's John From Cincinnati, was arrested in Jackson, MI at 2:30am for driving under the influence. According to TMZ.com, he was driving the wrong way down a one way street, was stopped by police who gave him a breathalyzer test after smelling alcohol, and brought to the police station.

The best part of this story is the mug shot. I mean, look at him. Doesn't he just look really John From Cincinnati-ish?

[via TV Tattle]

• Charlie Rose: The week in review, plus a report on China
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Julia Stiles, Nick Griffin, and Pete Jordan
• Jay Leno: Glenn Close, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Marilyn Manson
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Rob Schneider and Austin Nichols
• Tavis Smiley: Malik Rahim and Robert Green, Sr. (repeat)
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Kevin James, Greg Giraldo, and Jordana Spiro
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Parker Posey and Ian Hunter (repeat)
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Petra Nemcova and The Mims

When all that controversy was going on with Deadwood, one of the reasons that David Milch gave for the show not returning (other than the problems he was having with HBO) was that he was preparing a drama titled John From Cincinnati. Now that show is coming together quickly. Rebecca De Mornay has just been added to the cast, which includes Bruce Greenwood (she'll play his wife), Austin Nichols (he's John and he's from Cincinnati), and Brian Van Holt (from Threshold).

The HBO show is about the surfing world in southern California. Nichols is a rich guy who comes to the area to take surfing lessons, and Matt Winston plays another guy who is coming back to the area to get even with someone for something that was done wrong to him long ago.