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'Nanny' in Demand, 'LAX' Grounded

Sunday, November 21, 2004

06:02 PM PT

The doors are closing on the Heather Locklear, Blair Underwood airport drama "LAX" after 10 airings. According to industry sources, production will come to halt as the show's original 13-episode order is fulfilled in the next few weeks.

However, for the next three weeks "LAX's" current timeslot will be taken up with previously scheduled specials. There are no plans as to when, or if, the three remaining episodes will make it to air.

"LAX" premiered in September on Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET with NBC's sophomore drama "Las Vegas" as its lead-in. After a lackluster start it was moved to Wednesday nights at 8 p.m., where it faced competition from such show's as ABC's "Lost," UPN's "America's Next Top Model" and The WB's "Smallville."

The news is better for Mary Poppins and her pals, as FOX has ordered eight more episodes of the new reality series "Nanny 911," wherein proper British nannies intervene and sort out dysfunctional American families after only three airings.