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  • Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit Frontman, Produces TV Drama

    Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit Frontman, Produces TV Drama

    It has been quite some time since we have heard the name Fred Durst, the red-hatted baseball-capped rock singer who fronted the band Limp Bizkit. We have not heard of his name since his involvement with the band, Napster, or since Eminem rapped about him. The Limp Bizkit rocker is coming back into the limelight now, not releasing a CD, but by creating a television drama for The CW.

    According to news published on the TV Guide‘s website, Durst will be behind the creation of The Noise, a one-hour drama based around Durst’s life while becoming a world-famous rock star. The drama will also display the turbulent events in his life that Durst had to go through to get where he is today, responsible for well-known rap-metal hits like “Rollin’,” “Nookie,” and the cover of the George Michael hit “Faith.” These songs I’m sure are ones that you can remember and mosh to when hearing them.

    Durst’s role with The Noise will be as co-executive producer of the show’s script, while Miles Feld (writer and director of Under-Tow) will be writing the full script. The executive producers of the drama will be Eric and Kim Tennenbaum from CBS.

    The Noise actually will not be Durst’s first foray into television. According to E! Online, the CBS sitcom Douchebag involved Durst, along with The Tannenbaums, which featured a musician balancing “his wild ways and his young family.” Durst also directed two films: The Education of Charlie Banks (starring The Social Network‘s Jesse Eisenberg) and The Longshots.

    The upcoming CW drama does not seem to be captivating the excitement of Twitter fans….

    [Image source: Wikimedia Commons]

  • ABC’s “Lucky 7” First on the Fall Chopping Block

    The ABC network has been making headlines all day. Their fall production line of drama series have garnered record-breaking numbers. However, their series “Lucky 7” didn’t quite make the record-setting list for laudable reasons, which is exactly why the show is getting the ax. ABC announced that the network plans to cancel the drama series “Lucky 7” after airing only two episodes.

    With a mere 4.4 million viewers, the “Lucky 7” series premiere produced the lowest fall premiere ratings ever for an ABC drama series. Out of that 4.4 million viewers, the show only attracted 1.3 million adults in the popular 18-49 viewership age group. Then, to add insult to injury, the ratings saw even lower woes in the second week. Barely pulling in 2.6 million viewers, the staggering drop equated to a 41 percent decline in viewership. The percentage decline knocked the series to a 0.7 rank.

    “Lucky 7” was originally a television adaptation for a British production. Critics initially clobbered the series with foreboding reviews after the pre-launch, labeling it as ‘sappy and silly.’ The drama series centered around seven impoverished Queens, NY residents employed at a gas station. The lucky seven employees initially win and split a $45 million lottery fortune. However, the great fortune doesn’t bring them much luck in other areas of their lives. The show goes touches on the heartaches and trials they endure as a resulted of their acquired windfall.

    Repeats of the ABC hit series, “Scandal” will fill the show’s 10:00pm time slot starting next Tuesday.

     

    Image via ABC | Lucky 7