"Football Wives" Has Been Officially Canned!

One of the shows that I was eagerly anticipating for the fall 2007-2008 television season ... has officially died ...

Earlier this year it was announced that Ugly Betty co-executive producer Marco Pennette was set to helm an Americanized version of the hit BBC serial Footballer's Wives ... I was instantly excited ...

I absolutely love Footballer's Wives ... Tanya Turner has to be one of the most fantastic characters ever created for television ...

So as the month's passed some more information leaked about the series ... the title was announced as Football Wives ... and instead of focusing on soccer (since that sport is popular in Europe and not in the US) it will focus on American football ... and the fictional NFL team the Orlando Stingrays ...

Then ... cast information started to pour out ...