Based on the BBC's Viva Blackpool!, CBS' new musical series Viva Laughlin features the adventures of a family trying to run a Las Vegas casino. The family is led by Ripley Holden, a small-time casino owner whose dream is to put up a resort on the Laughlin Strip. Ripley Holden is played by Lloyd Owen, and is joined by castmates Hugh Jackman, Melanie Griffith, Carter Jenkins, and Eric Winter among others.