  lax is a television drama set at the los angeles international airport and draws its name from the airport's iata airport code, "lax". on may 17, 2004 nbc announced that they had picked up the pilot to series. this show was not renewed for season two. ==synopsis== lax is a drama focusing on the day-to-day operations of the airport, with its runway manager, harley random (heather locklear), and its terminal manager, roger de souza (blair underwood). in the final episode, harley leaves her job at the lax after she is told by roger that he wants stability back in his life and no longer wants to be romantically involved with her. ==episodes==  lax premiered on nbc on september 13, 2004. ten episodes aired before nbc announced in november 2004 that no further episodes would be produced. the show was moved to saturdays at 8pm et and the final episode aired on april 16, 2005. thirteen episodes total were aired. the theme song for the show was the beginning of "mr. blue sky" by electric light orchestra. for the opening sequence of the final episode, a different excerpt of the song was used. on february 22, 2014, it is announced this show reruns on ion television coming this fall. ==cast== * heather locklear as harley random * blair underwood as roger de souza * paul leyden as tony magulia * frank john hughes as henry engels ===recurring=== * wendy hoopes as betty * david paetkau as nick * chad todhunter as mystery man ===notable guests=== * tony hawk as himself * sasha barrese as caitlin mansfield * daniel morton as a serbian co-pilot * sam doumit as rachel, senator's daughter * charisma carpenter as julie, harley's sister ==production== lax (then called hub) was announced on nbc's development slate on december 19, 2003 after being scrapped by abc the previous developmental season.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2003/12/19/development-update-december-19-1
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