That’s right, after 3 episodes, Joe Buck Live is over. But can you blame anyone? After Artie stole the show in the debut, how could you top it?

“There was a lot more behind the scenes and a lot more effort and hassle than I ever expected, and that goes from booking guests to actually getting guests there to, obviously, the Artie Lange thing in the first show,” Buck said.

source: Back Porch Fanhouse

Updated: HBO officially cancels JBL

Artie’s June 18, 2010 show at MGM Foxwoods has finally been cancelled. The show was scheduled before New Years and was supposed to been cancelled, however, fans were still able to purchase tickets for the show up until a week ago. Artie’s road manager took care of the situation after I placed a call to him. Thanks to Tim for taking care of it.

Artie is still listed on the MGM Foxwoods website but when you click buy tickets, it now goes to an error page with a message reading “invalid event code specified“.

The following email was received by a fan who had purchased tickets:

Dear Artie Lange Ticket Purchaser,

The MGM Grand at Foxwoods regrets to announce that the Artie Lange
performance at the MGM Grand Theater on June 18 has been canceled.

The MGM Grand at Foxwoods would like to offer you the following options:

If you have not picked-up your tickets, the refund amount will
automatically be credited to the credit card used to purchase the tickets.
Should you have any questions, please call our reservation center at
1-800-200-2882.

If you have the tickets in your possession, you may bring them to the
MGM Grand at Foxwoods Box Office to exchange for another performer or
receive a full refund. The MGM Grand Theater Box Office hours of
operation are 10am to 8pm seven days a week. In addition, tickets can be
mailed to: MGM Grand Theater Box Office Artie Lange RefundP.O.Box 3777
Mashantucket, CT 06338

We recommend the tickets are mailed certified, return receipt requested.

The MGM Grand at Foxwoods would like to apologize for any inconvenience
this cancellation has caused. We understand that this show was postponed
once before it was cancelled. As a valued customer of the MGM Grand, we
would like to make you a special offer of $10 off (up to 4 tickets) for
one of the following comedy shows:
Jeff Foxworthy – May 14
Brad Garrett – June 11
Don Rickles/Joan Rivers – June 25 and 26
Rodney Carrington – July 16 (On Sale April 2 at 9am)

To take advantage of this offer, use promotional COMEDY. Over the phone
and at the box office, please mention the code before purchasing tickets.
Over the web – input the promotional code “COMEDY” on the payments page.
Restrictions to this offer do apply.

Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to welcoming you
back to the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in the near future.

Many of you have been clamoring about Artie’ show listed on the MGM website for this summer. Unfortunately, this isn’t anything new. It’s been on there for a couple months already, which leads me to believe that it was scheduled before his unfortunate situation. In fact, I think it was a reschedule to the show he cancelled last year.

I will try to confirm the show for you all. I think they just forgot to cancel it.

UPDATE

Still waiting for a final confirmation, but I did call Artie’s old Road Manager. He said that the show was supposed to be “taken care of”, meaning, it was supposed to be canceled. He told me he would let me know the final verdict. Unless there is a summer surprise for us, I don’t think there is a show.