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Walger is now an ex-"Coupling" U.S. star. |
"We can't complain about how much publicity we got - but I'm not sure it was the right publicity to have," Susan Vertue told The Post yesterday from London.
"I don't think you can say it's a show 'Everyone is talking about' it before anyone has seen it," she said, paraphrasing NBC's campaign for the sexy show.
"By the time ['Coupling'] came out everyone was a bit fed up with it," she said. "I just don't think you can tell people what to watch."
NBC canned "Coupling" after only four episodes - news the British producers say they learned from the Internet.
The sitcom, adapted from a British hit about six friends, was widely considered an eventual replacement for "Friends" - but averaged only 12.2 million viewers sandwiched between "Will & Grace" and "ER" on Thursday.
"Why would you say it's 'The Next 'Friends' ' when everyone already loves 'Friends?'," Vertue said.
"It was very hard to achieve what we were trying to achieve."
NBC officials had no comment yesterday.
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