Despite the massive publicity campaign that CBS designed for the comedy/reality show, it still failed to draw enough audience as to be able to confront the biggest show on television these days, 'American Idol'. Before it even started shooting, 'Armed and Famous' relied heavily on the presence of the D-list stars signed to star in it for ratings. Unfortunately, it was this exact thing which brought the show down.

Starring one-time celebs like Erik Estrada (from the famous '70s 'CHIPs' series), LaToya Jackson, Wee Man (from 'Jackass'), Jack Osbourne and Trish Stratus, the show was to present them as trainees under Muncie police officer Scott O'Dell. After a couple of episodes, well into their program, the famous cadets were to take the streets and 'save and protect'.

However, the show did not get as far as that. Sure, it did bring us such lovely experiences as the footage with the less famous Jackson getting zapped (a part of the program that was to show the cadets what it means to zap an innocent) and it did premiere among the top three shows on the Wednesday 8 P.M. slot but 'Armed and Famous' proved that it just wasn't good enough to fight 'American Idol'.

The decision of pulling the series was 'effective immediately', 'Variety' reported. That means that the rest of the seven finished episodes (four of which were already aired) will be scheduled to run sometime next summer, if ever. That also means that LaToya, Jack, Wee Man and Erik will have to start looking for a new job really soon.

Meanwhile, the tsunami that ended such a ridiculous show, 'American Idol' is bigger than ever. With approximately 37.3 million viewers for the last episode, the controversial and much talked about talent competition seems to leave no space for other shows too.