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Dancing With The Star

March 20, 2012 by · Comments Off on Dancing With The Star 

Dancing With The Star, Dancing With the Stars judges may have given Monday’s dancers the best performance scores ever for a premiere, but fans gave the show its lowest Nielsen ratings ever for a debut episode.

The ratings drop is not really a surprise. The veteran reality show returned up against NBC’s fresher reality hit The Voice, and lacked buzz-worthy tabloid names this spring (Katherine Jenkins, William Levy, Melissa Gilbert, yawn… the secret to casting Dancing is having hot-button names like Bristol Palin, The Situation, Nancy Grace and Chaz Bono, celebrities that a large number of Americans have strong feelings about, positive or negative).

Dancing delivered 18.5 million viewers and a 3.5 rating in the adult demo, down 34 percent from last spring and off 13 percent from last fall. At least the two-hour Dancing helped boost Castle (16.3 million, 2.4) up 14 percent, but that wasn’t quite enough to win 10 p.m.

The big winner last night was The Voice (11.8 million, 4.5 — and, yes, as always, we’re going off the adult demo here because that’s what advertisers and networks, whether we like it or not, base their decisions on; obviously among viewers of a certain age, Dancing was more popular). The Voice has held up strong overall during its battle rounds so far and easily crushed Dancing, though last night’s episode slipped 13 percent. Smash (6.7 million, 2.3) was down 4 percent.

CBS tied ABC for second place, its comedy block rising slightly in the first hour, declining a bit in the second hour: HIMYM (8.2 million, 3.4), 2 Broke Girls (9.2 million, 3.4), Two and a Half Men (11.3 million, 3.8), and Mike & Molly (9.8 million, 3.2). Hawaii Five-0 (9.1 million, 2.5) was steady.

Dancing With The Stars 2012

March 4, 2012 by · Comments Off on Dancing With The Stars 2012 

Dancing With The Stars 2012, Dancing with the Stars may be about technical prowess but glamour is every bit as integral to the show’s soul, as The View’s Sherri Shepherd has worked out early in the game.

She turned up for dance practice for the hit show in Hollywood today wearing a shimmering silver dress, while professionals Chelsie Hightower and and Anna Trebunskaya kept it casual in gym wear.

It just goes to show how determined Shepherd is to win this show.

Just to underline this, the television personality, who is teamed with Russian pro Val Chmerkovskiy, has vowed to call in some big guns to vote for her.

She said: ‘I need Barbara Walters like I’ve never needed Barbara. I’m calling President Clinton, former President Clinton, he’s a fan.’

And she said she is happy to be fulfilling a dream by getting on the dance floor and is already working hard to perfect her first routine,

She said: ‘We’re working on it as we speak. I looked at my competition and I definitely said I am going to step up my game.

And she blasted claims that at 44 she is to old to be strutting her stuff on the popular show.

She said: ‘It is fighting talk. When somebody throws down the gauntlet and says, “You too old,” I was like, “I got your crayons in my purse and a colouring book on my way out, I’ll leave them in my dressing room.”‘

Sherri was just one of the stars putting in a shift as the celebrities get ready for the show’s debut on March 19.

Professional dancer Kym Johnson was all smiles as she arrived for practice today with her partner Jaleel White.

Perhaps the reason the Australian was so upbeat is she knows something everyone else does not about the former Family Matters favourite.

And Martina Navratilova also looked relaxed as she got ready to limber up.

The fact the legendary 55-year-old tennis player was still winning grand slam doubles titles as recently as in 2006 is sure to fill her with confidence about the physical side of taking part.

She previously joked on her twitter page: ‘In case you haven’t heard, my secret is finally Out (No pun intended). I’m going to be dancing on Season 14 of Dancing with the Stars.

And former Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert was also looking excited to be back on television, and will no doubt enjoy being paired with volatile Russian Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Dancing With The Stars

February 28, 2012 by · Comments Off on Dancing With The Stars 

Dancing With The Stars, Forget the rumors, forget the speculation and definitely forget all that Tim Tebow talk. The cast list for the 14th season of “Dancing With the Stars” is now known.

Here are the names of the 12 stars who will soon vie for the competition’s coveted mirror-ball trophy and their pro partner matches:

Gladys Knight, 67 – The eight-time Grammy winner is paired with pro hoofer Tristan MacManus.
Melissa Gilbert, 47 — The actress-writer-producer, best known for her role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on “Little House on the Prairie,” will dance alongside the bad boy of the ballroom Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Jack Wagner, 52 — The soap star had memorable roles in daytime and primetime with “General Hospital” and “Melrose Place,” and he’s hoping to have memorable moves with partner Anna Trebunskaya.
Gavin DeGraw, 35 — Singer-songwriter DeGraw, who sang the theme song to “One Tree Hill,” is paired with last season’s pro champ, Karina Smirnoff.
Donald Driver, 37 — The Green Bay Packers wide receiver will have a shot at ballroom glory with pro Peta Murgatroyd.
Roshon Fegan, 20 — This Disney Channel star will waltz alongside Chelsie Hightower.
Katherine Jenkins, 31 — Jenkins, an operatic pop star from Wales, is set to dance with pro Mark Ballas.
William Levy, 31 — Actor and former model Levy made his mark in Jennifer Lopez’s steamy video, “I’m Into You,” and he’ll have a chance to make a mark on the “Dancing” stage with partner Cheryl Burke
Maria Menounos, 33 — The actress and “Extra” host has three-time “Dancing” champ Derek Hough on her side.
Martina Navratilova, 55 — Former tennis pro and sports commentator Navratilova will learn her steps from Tony Dovolani.
Sherri Shepherd, 44 — “The View” cohost and actress will dance with the ballrooms other Chmerkovskiy — Val.
Jaleel White, 35 — He’s best known for his role as Steve Urkel on the ’90s hit “Family Matters,” and TV audiences might soon know him for his fancy footwork beside partner Kym Johnson.

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