Not that we needed a reality series to prove it, but apparently Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson and Jack Osbourne are no match for Simon, Paula and Randy.
CBS has canceled the celebs-posing-as-law-enforcement experiment "Armed & Famous" after only four episodes, blaming the series' downfall on lackluster ratings.
"Going up against 'American Idol' was a tall task for the show," network spokesman Chris Ender said.
'Nuf said, really, although we could add that it wasn't exactly a critical darling, either. ("This is the perfect score: a show so bad even Fox wouldn't touch it," Newsday critic Verne Gay wrote. Smell the unintentional irony.)
"Armed & Famous'" ratings road took a downhill turn after a respectable 45th-place premiere (8.1 million viewers) on Jan. 10 and a Jan. 11 follow-up episode that attracted 7.7 million.
The following week, airing opposite "Idol's" Wednesday installment, the show pulled in only 5.8 million.
Jack Osbourne, Erik Estrada, and La Toya Jackson are now reserve officers of the Muncie, Indiana police department. They'll be carrying badges and guns as part of the reality show "Armed And Famous."
Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne and Wee Man are among the other lesser celebrities that have been sworn in as reserve officers of the Muncie, Ind., police department so they can carry badges and guns as part of a reality television series.