![]() Ten days after tonight’s “American Casino” premiere, Fox will introduce its own casino-reality show, “The Casino,” the newest offering from “Survivor” producer Mark Burnett. Is this the stuff of successful TV? The Discovery Channel, which has been shooting such mundane moments at Green Valley 18 to 20 hours a day for the last five months, has at least one reason for gambling that it is: The show, “American Casino,” is part of a boomlet in Las Vegas-themed programming that is about to make Sin City as ubiquitous a backdrop as New York became with “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “NYPD Blue” and “Law & Order.”Įvidence of Vegas’ small-screen popularity is stacking up like tourists at a cheap buffet. The producer in charge of the TV crew pulls Tata aside for an interview, using the same post-game gravitas sportscasters employ while asking Kobe Bryant about Laker team morale: “Michael, talk to me about why it is so hard for some of the staff to grasp the finer details.” ![]()
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