‘Laughlin’ team gambled and lost

Hugh Jackman’s wife and business partner says the couple are disappointed their “Viva Laughlin” TV series has been canceled.

CBS axed the show in the U.S. after airing two low-rated episodes. Australia’s Nine Network pulled it after a single airing.

“Viva Laughlin” was the first project for Jackman’s Australian production company, Seed, which he owns with his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness.

“Doing a drama that is a musical is going to be a huge risk,” Furness said Wednesday in Sydney, Australia.

“If I’m going to fail, I want to fail spectacularly, and it seems like we did.”