Can Becks Top Posh's Ratings?
Victoria Beckham had her chance. Now, it's her husband's turn to take on the small screen.
David Beckham's Soccer USA, a new 30-minute show starring the fleet-footed jock, kicks off a 13-episode run July 25 on Fox Soccer.
The series focuses on Beckham's first season with the Los Angeles Galaxy and will feature game footage and behind-the-scenes interviews with the power player.
Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment and Major League Soccer's United Marketing branch are coproducing the project, which will be hosted by British TV personality Natalie Pinkham.
The first episode is said to center on Becks' first game as a Galaxy player, supposed to take place Saturday, when the team takes on Chelsea in an exhibition match. However, a lingering ankle injury may force the soccer star to postpone his debut.
Beckham acknowledged earlier in the week that he was hurting but remained optimistic that he would be able to take the field, saying: "Hopefully, I'll be all right."
Meanwhile, as her husband weighs the possibility of delaying his debut, Victoria Beckham has already made hers.
The erstwhile Posh Spice's NBC special, Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, aired Monday, drawing fairly respectable ratings and savage reviews.
Some 4.9 million viewers tuned in to watch the sour-faced star flounce her way through Los Angeles, as she shopped for her new home, obtained her driver's license (and a traffic citation and tossed out the first pitch at a Dodger game. (By comparison, 5.3 million tuned in to ABC for a repeat of Wife Swap airing in the same time slot.)
The New York Post called the show "an orgy of self-indulgence" and its star "vapid and condescending," while the New York Times opined that despite Posh's best efforts, she came across as "one rich, blonde, spray-tanned wife-of among many."
Though the Beckham matriarch had expressed hope that the special would showcase her sense of humor and allow American viewers the chance to see a different side of her, she claimed not to place too much importance on how it was received.
"If people like it, that's great. If they don't, I'm not losing any sleep over it," she told reporters last week.
The show was originally supposed to be a six-episode reality series but was later whittled to a one-hour special, reportedly because NBC felt there wasn't enough material to take it any further.
For those who missed it the first time around (or have the strange desire to see it again), the network will reair the episode Thursday night at 10, following its earlier prime-time lineup of My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office and Scrubs.
Ahead of the rebroadcast, Victoria will serve as host of the two-hour comedy block, providing commentary about her new life in America between episodes, before introducing her own show.
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