Network: CBS
Episodes: 21 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 25, 2012 — May 10, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jason O’Mara, and Taylor Handley.
TV show description:
This TV series is based on the true story of former Las Vegas Sheriff Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid), a fourth-generation rancher tasked with bringing order to Las Vegas in the 1960s. It’s a gambling and entertainment mecca that’s emerging from the tumbleweeds.
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb’s command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker.
This begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis), a ruthless Chicago gangster who’s moved West and plans to make Vegas his own. (The character is based on real-life crime boss Marcello Giuseppe Caifano.)
Lamb has two deputies who help him keep law and order. His diplomatic and even-keeled brother is Deputy Jack Lamb (Jason O’Mara). Deputy Dixon Lamb (Taylor Handley) is his charming but impulsive son.
The ambitious Assistant District Attorney, Katherine O’Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss), grew up on the ranch next to the Lambs and also lends a hand in preserving justice.
Episode #21 — Sons of Nevada
After Porter Gainsley’s bombing of the Tumbleweed and attempt on Katherine’s life, Lamb and Savino decide to team up to take out their common adversary once and for all. To prove his commitment to the task, Lamb hands over the tapes with the recordings from the bug in Savino’s phone, and then the mobster and former sheriff get to planning their assault on Gainsley.
Since the ranching mogul is too heavily protected at his home, they decide to target him at a livestock auction, but that plan goes awry when Dixon shows up and holds Gainsley at gunpoint. A firefight breaks out and Lamb is forced to save his son and flee, giving Gainsley time to regroup and amass more artillery for the coming war.
When Jack is ousted as interim Sheriff by more of Gainsley’s men, he and Dixon join forces with Lamb and Savino, and together they craft a plan that involves using Jones the hitman to put Gainsley in a corner. Jones plays his part well and leads Gainsley and his thugs into a trap, where Lamb gives him his freedom as a reward.
After an intense firefight, Lamb gets the drop on Gainsley and decides to arrest him instead of killing him, setting the proper example for his son and staying true to his morals.
In the end, Lamb gets his Sheriff job back, putting him at odds with Savino and his plans for growth in Vegas yet again.
Meanwhile, Jack plans to propose to Mia, but his plans are derailed when she breaks up with him after finding out about the bug he planted in Savino’s phone.
Tommy pursues Mia even harder, and the two wind up spending the night together. After Gainsley is taken into custody, Jack goes to Mia’s place to fight for her, but is crushed when he discovers Tommy there with her — in nothing but a bath robe.
First aired: May 10, 2013
What do you think? Do you like the Vegas TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
So many shows get shoved on us but when a gem come up you cancel it? Please bring Vegas back!
Those excs at CBS must have been all hit on the head with rocks to cancel vegas
Please don’t cancel Vegas. It is our favorite show on TV. We love it.
Vegas was a show that had real history and reality that none of the absurd so-called reality shows could ever portray. Put it back on the schedule or at least syndicate it.
I LOVE VEGAS!!! Please, Please.Please don’t cancel it!!! It was one of the few shows I looked forward to each week…
I can’t beleive they cancelled this show!!! Everyone I know loves it. I think we have to much reality TV stuff and need more shows LIKE Vegas!!
Go to http://www.Netflix.com (chat or phone) and request that they pick up and continue the Vegas series. They’ve already had many requests for it, and welcome more!
Great show. please renew. We need something other than reality shows..
Yes it should be renewed
Vegas was great and I was looking for the new season to start when I heard it was canceled. The show was great. I don’t know who they talk to these days about ratings but entertainment is not some loud foul mouth on a reality show pretending to have issues. Vegas was entertaining and we looked forward to every show.
To me; Dennis Quaid is a great actor, and he didn’t deserve to lose the series “Vegas”. I liked the show very much; it was the BEST 1960’s law enforcement show to come along in a long time. Entertainment at it’s FINEST. Sincerely, Jack
I’m an older lady and enjoy Vegas – the story line, action, period cars and clothing, music. What’s not to like? Honey BooBoo, FaceOff, Pregnant and Dating, the Kardashians …… I could go on and on. Please reconsider for those of us intelligent enough to enjoy a great show, great acting.
Really loved the show…so does everyone we know. Cancelling was a big mistake.
love vegas and the cast
TV Guide listed the top rated 25 shows of the 2012-2013 season and Vegas was #23 with an average viewing of 12.0 million households. Modern Family (which I do enjoy) was #18 tied with Castle with average viewing of 12.4 million households. Yet they are considered “hit” shows and Vegas is cancelled. Nashville didn’t even make the top 25 and it gets renewed.
What do all those shows have in common? They’re on ABC not CBS. CBS blew this time!!!
In network television, advertisers pay more to reach 18-49 viewers. As a result, those are the numbers the networks pay the most attention to, not total viewers. You also can’t compare the numbers on different networks with one another. CW renewed shows that all of the other networks would have cancelled, based on the ratings.