Being Tom Cruise appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as "the best gag in the whole episode". Aidan Smith of "Scotland on Sunday" wrote favorably of the show, and noted, "Fearlessly, in view of how paranoid Scientologists are, the latest target was Tom Cruise. I especially liked the scene where the tiny screen giant winched himself, Mission Impossible-style, on to Nicole Kidman while she slugged from a tinnie like a good Sheila." "The Daily Mirror" described the program as "far too funny". A review in "The Daily Mirror" was positive, commenting, "If you want to see a brilliant spoof about Tom Cruise's faith
Being Tom Cruise couch, fell to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend.") At the wedding of Cruise and Holmes, an alien bride and groom are displayed on the top of the couple's wedding cake, and the show spoofs the couple's wedding vows. A voiceover at the end of the program tells the viewer to visit scientologyisgreat.com and purchase £4,000 worth of books. Production on the second series of "Star Stories" was announced by Channel 4 in January 2007, and in addition to Tom Cruise, others set for parodying included Simon Cowell, Britney Spears and "the 1990s chart battle