The show about WWE model bimbette Lauren Jones who's "hired" as a TV news reporter in Tyler, Texas premiered last night and pulled in a measly 2.7 million viewers. That's a 1.0 rating/3 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates released today by Nielsen Media Research. Power of 10 won the hour with 8.7 million, 2.2/7.

Most embarrassing, Anchorwoman was beaten by repeats of ABC's According to Jim (4.7 million, 1.7/5) and NBC's Most Outrageous Moments (6.4 million, 2.1/7)., according to Nielsen preliminary figures. It tied a repeat of America's Next Top Model for fourth place.

A repeat!

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The Starting Line is an unlikely history-maker, coming from Fox's Drive, a show that sped in with a lot of hype but crashed and burned after only two episodes. The three-minute clip introduces the characters as cars speed down a busy highway. Only 50 seconds actually aired on TV. The entire special effect was only ever seen on Fox.com (and YouTube, above)-- making it the first Internet clip nominated for a Primetime Emmy (the uncensored Dick in A Box doesn't count).

The clip took a year and a half to produce. And it took a big loophole in this year's new Emmy rules to get nominated.

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Whoever he or she may be, someone is taking a cue from the Jericho campaign, in which folks got CBS to revive the series by sending the network tens of thousands of pounds of peanuts, and planning to ship 45,000 Zesta crackers to HBO in hopes that the pay channel will pick up the show that NBC dumped.

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TV Guide's Michael Ausiello reports:

Multiple sources are telling me that CBS is this close to sealing a deal to bring Jericho back for at least eight episodes, possibly at mid-season. My spies caution that this is in no way official, but it certainly sounds like it could be by day's end. It's now just a matter of signing the actors to new deals and, according to one insider, finding a new soundstage to house the show's sets.

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