LOS ANGELES — [Fox News] Here’s news that Fox’s series “Anchorwoman” wouldn’t want to deliver: It’s been canceled after one low-rated airing.

The debut of the reality show about Lauren Jones’ attempt to turn herself into a news anchor for a Texas TV station drew an estimated 2.7 million viewers Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research.

That number is about a third of the viewership Fox attracted a week earlier with the finale of its popular “So You Think You Can Dance.”

Jones was a Barker Beauty on “The Price Is Right,” Miss New York and featured WWE Diva before the series put her into the newsroom of KYTX Channel 19 in Tyler, Texas.

Unaired episodes of “Anchorwoman” will be available on Fox’s website through Fox on Demand, the network said Thursday.

Hollywood Reporter:Fox has yanked “Anchorwoman” off the air less than 24 hours after the reality/comedy hybrid’s putrid debut Wednesday.

“Anchorwoman,” chronicling swimsuit model Lauren Jones’ attempt to become a TV journalist in Tyler, Texas, came in a distant fourth with two back-to-back episodes in the 8 p.m. hour. It averaged 2.7 million viewers and a 1.0 rating/3 share in the adults 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen Media Research data.

The remaining six episodes of “Anchorwoman’ “s eight-episode order will be available on the Fox on Demand section of Fox.com and MySpace.com. Its spot on the schedule will be taken by repeats of ” ‘Till Death.”

In addition to heavy promotion, “Anchorwoman” received substantial prelaunch publicity as its premise of a model-turned-TV anchor caused a stir in journalistic circles and was accused of devaluing the work of real journalists.