NBC's Las Vegas ended abruptly in February with two couples -- Danny and Delinda and Sam and Vic (her deceased ex-husband's brother) -- just about ready to tie the knot. But the shocking news that Cooper had died in a plane crash blanketed the ceremony in a gloomy pall -- the same pall that Vegas fans felt upon learning that the series had been canceled. Here are my top six reasons why Las Vegas needs to come back for a wrap-up movie, if not another season:1. Spin-Off Opp. A TV movie would be a great opportunity to spin Las Vegas into a new series for Josh Duhamel and James Caan. I've sorely missed watching Caan rough up the bad guys this season, and he and Duhamel would make a great P.I. duo, collaring modern-day Vegas criminals a la Crime Story's Lt. Torello. Are you listening, Michael Mann? Pretty please, with wing-tip shoes on top?
I
am a total sucker for the Olympics, but I really hate all the cheesy, promotional crap that goes with it. This time
around, NBC and Chevrolet are teaming up to feature some camera-friendly Olympians in their very own mini-movie. Oh,
joy. It airs during Las Vegas on NBC in February and it'll also be included with advertisements before the
trailers start at AMC, Cinemark, Regal, UA and Edwards movie theaters. Now, I clearly remember the little mini-movie
that Chevrolet did during the last summer Olympics where a bunch of athletes call each other and drive their own
Chevrolets to Athens (way to carpool, guys). I wanted to throw something at the movie screen everytime I saw it. Why?
As a general rule, athletes can't act. You hear that, advertising geniuses? Athletes. Cannot. Act. This time around,
the lucky Olympians are halfpipe snowboarders Kelly Clark and Ross Powers, alpine skiers Eric Schlopy, Ted Ligety, and
Julia Mancuso, freestyle skier Toby Dawson and snowboarder Seth Wescott. They're all somehow paired up with the cast of
Las Vegas and then whisked off to Torino, Italy for the competition. There will also be a behind-the-scenes
mini-mini-movie of the mini-movie on NBC's website.
Celebrate the 4th by watching television!
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