October 26, 2011
The inevitable has come to pass: Chaz Bono got the boot on Tuesday's Dancing With the Stars.
Overall, Chaz was the worst dancer left in the competition, so it's hard to argue against him being the next to go.
On the other hand, Hope Solo's plodding rumba really was awful on Monday, plus I'm getting tired of her pouting, so I would have gladly traded her for another week of Chaz, whom I find endearing despite his lack of dance-...
October 25, 2011
Maksim Chmerkovskiy has defended his comment that Dancing with the Stars is his show, which he made after fighting with one of the show's judges, which helped inject some drama into an otherwise sedate season.
During the critique, judge Len Goodman, whose Depends are usually bunched up and causing him excess irritation, said that Hope Solo's dance was her "worst of the season," and the crowd booed. Maks encouraged that, and Len challenged him. "Don'...
October 20, 2011
Hey folks, I'm going away Thursday and not returning until Tuesday afternoon, so some recaps will be delayed next week, including Battle of the Blades and Dancing With the Stars. I'll be catching up with everything once I get back home. In the meantime, everybody have a great weekend.
September 21, 2011
The juggernaut of adorableness that is Zooey Deschanel steamrolled over its competition and attracted 10.1 million Americans Tuesday night, thanks to the premiere of the actress’ Fox comedy, New Girl.
Despite leading out of a slackening Glee, New Girl put up huge demo numbers at 9 p.m., winning the night with a 4.7 rating and a 12 share among the 18-49 demo. (For the...
September 20, 2011
It's the first results show of the new Dancing With the Stars season and so far so good.
My favourites were safe and the dancer who went home, NBA star Ron Artest, a.k.a. Meta World Peace, was one of my bottom two on Monday night.
I must say, though, that I felt sorry for his partner, Peta Murgatroyd. The Australian lovely had just been promoted from the troupe to the ranks of the pros, so to get knocked out your first time up...
Hello, fellow Dancing With the Stars fans. I confess I was feeling a little bored with the ballroom right off the top of Monday's Season 13 premiere.
Ron Artest was graceless; Rob Kardashian was meh; Kristin Cavalleri wasn't all that, no matter what Carrie Ann Inaba said.
Things started picking up with Chynna Phillips and by the time we got to Carson Kressley's shameless mugging, the lustre was back on the sequins. ...
May 6, 2011
In Today's Issue:
Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings: Fox Leads; Four Networks Down Year-to-Year
Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not
On the Air This Weekend: Prime-Time Programming Options
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
TV Trivia Time: A “Cool” Question
PRIME-TIME METERED MARKET THURSDAY...
May 4, 2011
Season two of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, the Emmy-winning reality series that features the chef trying to improve a community's eating habits, hasn't aired an episode since April 19. ABC moved it to Tuesday nights for its second season, but is now airing Dancing with the Stars repeats/recaps instead.
However, the show will return in June, and will return to Friday nights, where it was broadcast during its first season. ABC will re-air the...
May 3, 2011
Never underestimate the value of charm on Dancing With the Stars.
If quality of dancing had been the deciding factor among the three couples declared in jeopardy - Kirstie and Maks, Chelsea and Mark, and Kendra and Louis - Kirstie Alley would have gone home Tuesday night.
Her Monday jive was a mess compared to Chelsea Kane's paso doble and Kendra Wilkinson's tango. But Kirstie's big personality and self-deprecating sense of...
I think we've found the bounce that Romeo was missing in his samba on Dancing With the Stars on Monday night: it's in the scoreboard.
While the stars were shaking their bits in the ballroom, the scores were getting a good rattle as well.
Ralph Macchio, for instance, is not only the Karate Kid, but the Comeback Kid, regaining top spot in the competition for the first time in weeks. Meanwhile, rapper Romeo, one of last...