Seriously? OMG! WTF?

New CBS medical drama "3 Lbs." has been declared brain dead after just three weeks, though the Eye has yet to pull the plug officially. After weighing the latest Nielsen numbers, net execs confirmed Wednesday that the Peter Ocko-produced medical drama has been placed on hiatus effective immediately. While the net isn’t officially saying the show has been canceled, there are no plans to produce more segs beyond the eight already filmed, and it’s unlikely CBS will give the show a shot elsewhere on its sked. As it is, a special 9 p.m. Tuesday airing of "3 Lbs." slated for next week has been scrapped in favor of "The Unit," which normally occupies the timeslot. Following a planned preemption for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, it seems likely CBS will fill the 10 p.m. Tuesday slot with a selection of repeats from its crime show library. Killing "3 Lbs." was a no-brainer. Skein’s low ratings dropped each week it aired, with its overall young adult average of a 2.7/7 down 16% from that of previous slot occupant "Smith." Ocko’s "3 Lbs.," from CBS Paramount Network Television, becomes the latest casualty in what’s become a death slot for CBS skeins. Its succumbing after three airings Tuesdays at 10 follows similarly short stints this year from dramas "Smith" and "Love Monkey," as well as reality skein "Tuesday Night Book Club."

Variety 

I tried to like this show, but it was just so boring.

Eddie Murphy is hitting the beat for "Beverly Hills Cop IV," working with Paramount in collaring Lorenzo di Bonaventura as producer. The new regime at Par is keen on reviving the classic action-comedy franchise, which features Murphy as detective Axel Foley. Murphy will work closely with Par and di Bonaventura in reinvigorating and updating the once-lucrative property. Project is out to writers. Thesp, who will next be in theaters with "Dreamgirls," has always been attached to star in the fourth installment. The first two pics in the franchise, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and his former partner Don Simpson, did enormous box office. "Beverly Hills Cop," released in 1984, grossed more than $234.7 million domestically and another $81 million overseas. The next installment, released in 1987, took in more than $153.6 million in the U.S. and another $146 million overseas. The franchise ran into trouble with the release of "Beverly Hills Cop III" in 1994. Pic grossed only $44 million domestically. Bruckheimer wasn’t involved with the third entry and won’t be a producer on "Beverly Hills Cop IV" considering everything else he has on his plate. Di Bonaventura, who has a producing deal at Par, said it will be a challenge to do the fourth installment as well as the previous films. "Axel Foley is one of the great action-comedy characters, a character that Eddie loves. I’m lucky enough to help bring it back," di Bonaventura said. "This genre is missing from the landscape."

Variety

Not sure how this will go, but it should be interesting

A court in the Bahamas has ordered Anna Nicole Smith to vacate the house she’s living in — STAT. TMZ has obtained a default judgment issued yesterday against Smith (aka Vickie Lynn Marshall). G. Ben Thompson, the owner of the home in which Smith has been living, recently filed papers to evict her. Smith was required to respond to Thompson’s filing by Monday, November 27, but failed to do so. Yesterday, the court entered a default judgment, which means Thompson can now force Smith out of the house. TMZ obtained a letter that Thompson’s lawyer sent to Smith after the default judgment was entered, demanding that she vacate within 48 hours. Thompson was once romantically involved with Smith and claims she told him he was the father of her baby. Thompson says he put a quick end to Smith’s claim when he informed her that he had a vasectomy several years ago.

TMZ 

About time!
Meanwhile CBS Showbuzz is reporting that she let slip she might be pregnant to Entertainment Tonight. You know that Howard K Stern just wants a kid of his own and not another man’s?

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