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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

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.

Dancing With The Stars Cast

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

Dancing With The Stars Cast, “Family Matters” star Jaleel White, “Little House on the Prairie” alum Melissa Gilbert, “The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd and tennis legend Martina Navratilova are among the latest contestants on “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC announced Tuesday.

The cast, as revealed on “Good Morning America” Tuesday, also includes singer and “The Bold and the Beautiful” star Jack Wagner, “Extra” host Maria Menounos, singer Gavin DeGraw and R&B legend Gladys Knight (sans Pips).

The 14th season of “DWTS” will premiere March 19 on ABC. War veteran-turned-actor J.R. Martinez was the winner of the show’s 13th season.

The complete list of season 14 contenders, with their professional partners:

— White, who stars in the upcoming Syfy reality series “Total Blackout,” will be paired with two-time “DWTS” champ Kym Johnson

— Gilbert, with Maksim Chmerkovskiy

— Shepherd, with Chmerkovskiy’s brother Val Chmerkovskiy

— Navratilova, with Tony Dovolani

— Wagner, with Anna Trebunskaya

— Menounos, with three-time “DWTS” champ Derek Hough

— DeGraw, with current pro champ Karina Smirnoff

— Knight, with Tristan MacManus

— Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver, with Peta Murgatroyd

— Disney Channel “Camp Rock” and “Shake It Up!” star Roshon Fegan, with Chelsie Hightower

— Cuban actor and model William Levy, with two-time “DWTS” champ Cheryl Burke

— And Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins, with two-time champ Mark Ballas

Now, only one question remains: Will Jaleel White “Do the Urkel”?

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