From a media release:

Sir Elton John, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed and former U.S. President Bill Clinton among headliners

With filming of four episodes of the highly anticipated new series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… complete, CTV announced today the initial guest lineup for the groundbreaking new music television series. The series boasts an impressive international guest list which includes Sir Elton John, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, artist-director Julian Schnabel and former President Bill Clinton. Additional guests appearing this season will be announced soon. Production of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… continues this summer and fall; the series will premiere later this year on CTV and Bravo!

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(Sorry, didn’t see these until after the show had aired, but they’re still interesting commentaries on what could have been …)

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

• Here lies a comedy whose life was cut short
  “The Dead Beat is no masterpiece, but it is entertaining. It’s a bit of a mess at times, but it’s an interesting sort of mess, with really good stuff in it. It has one of the core ingredients for good farce – a person doing a job whose temperament is totally unsuited to the work.” Read more.

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

• Alas, Dead Beat’s obituary has already been written. Pity, that.
  “CBC, in all its wisdom, has decided not to pick up Dead Beat as a series, and is showing the pilot episode tonight with minimal promotion and little fanfare. There’s a chance another broadcaster may swoop in and pick it up, but that doesn’t happen often in Canadian TV — or in TV anywhere, for that matter. That’s a shame: Dead Beat shows signs of life, and deserves a shot.” Read more.