Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestArmed & Famous is an American reality television series that premiered January 10, 2007, on CBS. First-run episodes were also aired on VH1 in the United States. After the first episode aired, CBS moved the show into a time slot opposite American Idol on FOX. After four episodes, the show was pulled from the network on January 26, 2007 with broadcast rights for the series shifted to VH1. All six episodes of the series aired on VH1, including two previously unaired episodes from the original CBS run.
Production
CBS buried it against American Idol, then mercy-killed it after four episodes.
Acting
Erik Estrada playing cop again while La Toya Jackson demands respect.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This premiered the same week as 'American Idol' season six — CBS literally threw it to the wolves. The 17 million Idol viewers that night made 'Armed & Famous' look like public access.
This was peak 'famous for being famous' reality TV, right before the 2008 crash killed the genre's excess. Jack Osbourne was fresh from rehab; Wee Man was post-Jackass decline; La Toya was between Michael's trials. Everyone needed this.
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