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Posted Sep 22nd 2009 11:05AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows, Late Night, American Idol, Celebrities, Game Show, TV Squad Lists
American Idol's choice of Ellen DeGeneres as a judge replacement threw everyone for a loop, even schlubs like me who don't watch the show.
It's not that she's not talented, successful or funny. It's just an odd choice, putting a comedian on the show that takes its goal of crushing losers' dreams on live television so seriously. It would evoke the same reaction from me if they picked Andrew "Dice" Clay as the new judge, if the Diceman was talented, successful or funny.
And besides, why do they need humor and comedy on such an otherwise serious show? There are lots of humorless, vapid and downright boring shows that are crying out for comedic interjection.
Continue reading Seven shows that need funny commentators more than American Idol
Posted Oct 17th 2008 1:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Dancing With The Stars, Cancellations

So ABC has
canceled the reality game show Opportunity Knocks, the Ashton Kutcher show where family members win money if they know a lot about other family members. The show hasn't been doing well in the ratings at all. The cancellation takes effect immediately, though ABC has a handful of episodes in the can which they're going to show
whenever they can find a time slot where it won't hurt them at a more convenient time.
So I bet you're thinking, "Gee, I wonder what show is going to replace
Opportunity Knocks?" Which of the following shows do you think it is?
Continue reading Opportunity Knocks on heaven's door
Posted May 21st 2008 1:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps

(S06E20) Episode 20. The big show. We've followed these three couples for two and a half months and it's finally time to crown a champion and put season six in the books. As Tom called them out, we have the Olympic gold medalist, the one-armed hero, and the grid-iron god. You could make a case for any of them taking home the mirror ball, and the title of season six champion. But first, there was one more round of dances to get to. We'll have that, the winner, and so much more, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 10 results (season finale)
Posted May 19th 2008 11:05PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E19) After two and a half months, it all comes down to this. As Tom put it, the end is near and the trophy is within reach. Like we have seen in the past, finals week brings with it the big freestyle numbers. There was a new twist this year though, the Cha Cha Faceoff. The couples were tasked with sharing a cha cha number, each of them providing a one minute segment. It all came together to make for a great night of dancing. Read on past the jump for the scores, and a look at each of the performances.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 10, The Finals
Posted May 14th 2008 12:11AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps
(S06E18) Since the bottom two couples weren't revealed last week, it was difficult to predict who would make it to the final round. I never would have imagined that Mario and Shannon would be absent from the final four. Nevertheless, it was time to send one last couple home.
We had to wait until the last minutes of the results show learn the celebrities' fates, but we had plenty of entertainment to hold us over. The Junior Champions finalists took over the dance floor, and Omarion performed in a high-energy tribute to the
Thriller album.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 9 results
Posted May 13th 2008 12:44AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E17) We've reached the semi-finals, and I'm amazed that Marissa is still in the competition. I expected Mario to make it to the final round, but the fan votes are hard to predict. Tonight the final four couples drew their two dances at random. The lift ban was reinstated, which limited the contestants' options as well. As usual, they would perform one Ballroom routine and one Latin routine.
Ballroom RoundAfter congratulating the remaining couples, Len warned them that "good enough" simply wouldn't cut it. They were looking for greatness and expected the dancers to up their game significantly.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 9
Posted May 7th 2008 12:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E16) It was a big night down at DWTS HQ. Not only would the field be set for the big semi-final showdown next week, it was also the show's 100th episode. That milestone meant that many of our favorites from seasons gone by were making their return to the ballroom. In addition, ABC recognized that nothing else they were going to put on tonight was going to measure up to DWTS numbers, so they kicked the whole thing off with a clip-show counting down the judge's ten favorite performances from the first five seasons. That list, and the rest of the results show goings on, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 8 results
Posted May 5th 2008 11:22PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E15) Last week things were turned upside down as Jason took the points lead from Kristi and Shannon left in a surprising elimination. No time to worry about that for our couples though, as week eight brings with it two more dances. If that wasn't enough, the lift ban is out the window. Each couple is allowed to do a lift in each of their performances, as long as it is performed in the character of the routine, whatever that means. Now they must weigh the prospects of it all going terribly wrong against the possible gain to be had in points and votes. Would Kristi reclaim the top spot? Or would there be a new leader? All that, and a rundown of all the week eight performances, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 8
Posted Apr 29th 2008 11:51PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E14) Going into tonight's Dancing With The Stars results show, fans had one question on their minds. Would Cristián continue to dance after his injury, or would he withdraw from the competition? Naturally we had to wait until the very end of the show to have that question answered. The ballroom kids were replaced by Kenny Mayne and Def Leppard--definitely an adults' night.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 7 results
Posted Apr 29th 2008 1:25AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E13) This is traditionally the herd-thinning week on Dancing With The Stars. Half of the contestants have been eliminated, and the remaining contestants are tasked with two dance routines. That's a lot of work for one week. Who rose to the challenge? Who fell short of greatness? Read on to find out.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 7
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 11:12PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews

(S06E12) Coming off of performance night, conventional wisdom said that Marlee & Fabian would find themselves in the bottom two. The big question... Who would be joining them? We are now far enough into the competition that there are no more easy eliminations. And, as we saw, that other couple in the bottom two was somewhat of a surprise. Leading up to the elimination though, the bigger story might have been Shannon & Derek reacting to the judge's comments. All that, and a rundown of the entire results show, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 6 results
Posted Apr 21st 2008 11:21PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(
S06E11) As if the pressure on the stars wasn't enough, this week it was ratcheted up another notch. Not only did we have each couple doing a dance they hadn't done before, they also had to learn a second number. All the teams got together to perform as one in the big country showdown. It wasn't scored, but served as a pre-cursor to next week, where all the remaining couples will do two full dances. Would Kristi continue her reign atop the leader board? Would Jason or Mario knock her off? Those answers, and a rundown of all the performances, after the break.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 6
Posted Apr 16th 2008 12:34AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews

(S06E10) There wasn't much room for mistakes in last night's performances, and several of the stars needed fan votes to make up for lackluster scores. I panicked after realizing that I forgot to vote on Monday, and wouldn't you know it? One of my early favorites landed in the bottom two. This week's results show brought us performances by James Blunt, Ozomatli, and more of the aspiring Dancing With The Stars Junior Champions.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 5 results
Posted Apr 15th 2008 12:24AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E09) For Latin night, things were pretty tame this evening on Dancing With The Stars. Adam Carolla took a lot of the show's spontaneity and humor with him when he left. This week, the contestants tackled either the rumba or the samba. With a few exceptions, most of the stars gave safe, middling performances. I expected more at the show's halfway point.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 5
Posted Apr 8th 2008 11:30PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

(S06E08) Another week, another results show. But this is no ordinary, run of the mill, results show. After three weeks of keeping the bottom two a secret, this week we finally get an idea of just how that fan vote is going. Even with no prior knowledge of what the fans have been doing with vote, the big question was pretty obvious. Did Adam and Julianne have a big enough fan vote to overcome the 19 from performance night? Along for the ride this week was musical guest Sheryl Crow, and the debut of Dancing With The Little Kids. All that, and more, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 4 results
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