"Lone Star" not watched by largest audience in TV history

That's one way to spin it.

September 22, 2010 at 3:46PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
That guy on that one show you didn't see (AP photo)
That guy on that one show you didn't see (AP photo) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Fox's "Lone Star" pulled in about sixteen viewers, which means the network may take it out back and shoot it before it has the chance to embarrass them anymore. It's like a grudge thing. We had so much faith in you! You let us down! Paulie, take this show for a ride to the Barrens. Ah, but why? Why did Lone Star fail to connect with the American people? Deadspin has a theory, and I think they're right:

There you have it. When I saw the previews, it seemed like a show about a guy who was lying to his mistress and his wife and possibly another wife and was feeling bad about it because he was letting down his father. Okay. Fine. Next.

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