LOS ANGELES (Nov. 13) - Millions of dollars of promotional money spent on commercials and other vehicles to hype up Christian Slater’s spy thriller ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ seem to have not paid off, as NBC axes the struggling new show.

The showbusiness trade papers Daily Variety and the
Hollywood Reporter reported the cancellation in their Thursday
editions. It was not clear whether NBC would continue to run
the unaired episodes of the Christian Slater vehicle in the 10
p.m. Monday berth behind its flagging series “Heroes.”

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Actor Christian Slater arrives at NBC

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 04: Actor Christian Slater attends the premiere party for NBC’s “My Own Worst Enemy” at the Craft on October 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christian Slater

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 04: Actor Christian Slater attends the premiere party for NBC’s “My Own Worst Enemy” at the Craft on October 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christian Slater

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Christian Slater and Tamara Mellon arrive at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

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Christian Slater and Tamara Mellon arrive at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

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Presenters Christian Slater and Christina Applegate on stage at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the NOKIA Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

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Presenters Christian Slater and Christina Applegate on stage at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the NOKIA Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Actor Christian Slater (R) arrives at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christian Slater

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Actor Christian Slater arrives at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christian Slater

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Presenters Christian Slater (L) and Christina Applegate speak onstage during the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Christian Slater;Christina Applegate

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Also out is its female drama “Lipstick Jungle,” one of a
number of new shows whose momentum was stalled by the Hollywood
writers strike earlier this year.

Despite decent reviews and the star power of Slater in the
lead role as a man with two personalities, “My Own Worst Enemy”
never clicked with viewers. Its four episodes averaged just 5.9
million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The top show so far this season is CBS’ crime drama “CSI”
with an average of 21.1 million viewers. NBC’s top entry, the
veteran cop show “Law & Order: SVU,” ranks at No. 25 with 10.6
million viewers.

NBC, which has brought up the rear among the four major
networks for the past few years, reportedly boosted its
production budget this season to try to make up some ground.

Celebrity TV Casting

Emilio Estevez cast in ‘Two and a Half Men’ (CBS)
The ‘Mighty Ducks’ star will play brother Charlie Sheen’s old drinking buddy in an upcoming episode. The pair’s dad has also guest starred on the hit comedy.

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Danneel Harris cast in ‘How I Met Your Mother’ (CBS)
She’ll play the (very hot) sister to Ted’s fiancee Stella (Sarah Chalke) on a episode to air during November sweeps. Another conquest for Barney? Perhaps. But we wouldn’t be shocked if she somehow comes between the (possible) future Mr. and Mrs. Moseby.

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George Clooney NOT cast in ‘ER’ (NBC)
Despite how badly showrunner David Zabel wants to page Dr. Ross back to ‘ER’ for it’s 15th and final season, George Clooney still says thanks … but no thanks.

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Mary McDonnell cast in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (ABC)
The ‘Battlestar Gallactica’ star is in final negotiations to join the medical drama for a three- to five- episode arc this fall/winter.

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Scott Wolf cast in ‘CSI: NY’ (CBS)
The ‘Party of Five’ alum joins Chris Daughtry and Rumer Willis in the show’s 100th episode. They all play people named Mac Taylor — yep, a name shared by show lead Gary Sinise. Wouldn’t be so bad, except there’s a serial killer who’s decided he doesn’t really like Mac Taylors, so he’s offing them one by one.

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William Fichtner cast in ‘Night & Day’ (TNT)
He’s signed on as the lead — an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms — in ‘24′ creator Joel Surnow’s pilot. Don’t worry, though — there are currently no plans to kill of Fichtner’s Mahone on ‘Prison Break.’ Fichtner will only star on the show should ‘Prison’ not return for a fifth season.

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Anthony Edwards cast in ‘ER’ (NBC)
Dr. Mark Greene is returning to ‘ER,’ via flashback. Anthony Edwards was killed off the long-running hospital drama back in 2002 (it was a tumor), but will make an appearance in the show’s final season in a scene with new regular Angela Bassett. Sadly, it seems George Clooney won’t join him.

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Oprah Winfrey cast in ‘30 Rock’ (NBC)
She’ll appear as herself on an upcoming episode of the Emmy-winning sitcom.

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Seth Green cast in ‘My Name Is Earl’ & ‘Heroes’ (NBC)
On ‘Earl,’ he’ll play Buddy Zaks, a former Make-a-Wish child whose dream of starring in an action movie was ruined by Earl. And he and buddy Breckin Meyer are in for a multi-episode stint as a pair of comic book geeks on ‘Heroes.’

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Lauren Conrad cast in ‘Greek’ (ABC Family)
The leading lady of MTV’s ‘The Hills’ will give the accepted definition of “acting” a go — though she won’t have to stretch much — when she plays herself in a dream sequence for ‘Greek’s’ second season finale on Oct. 28.

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The strategy appears to be falling short. Other NBC
newcomers are barely doing better than “Enemy,” with the
“Knight Rider” remake averaging 7.5 million, and the female
comedy “Kath & Kim” 6.2 million. Despite critical acclaim and
an Emmy for best comedy, “30 Rock” is averaging just 8.4
million viewers in its third season.

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