The man who developed and produced Strictly Come Dancing and then brought it to the United States as Dancing with the Stars has died. Richard Hopkins was 47 and died from a brain tumor. The Guardian reports that “[a]s a senior entertainment executive at the BBC, Hopkins developed, pitched and went on to produce BBC1’s …
ABC and BBC Worldwide are considering producing an adaptation of Dancing with the Stars that would let celebrity contestants learn how to ice skate. Joe Adalian reports at The Wrap that the show’s “producers are discussing importing a BBC format in which celebrities train to perform splashy ice skating routines,” and while “[n]o deal has …
Surprise, surprise: John O’Hurley won the Dancing with the Stars dance-off, besting the other team with an advantage of just one percent. He and Charlotte Jorgensen beat Kelly Monaco and Alec Mazo. The results were entirely based upon viewer votes, but the judges agreed with the decision, awarding O’Hurley 77 points and Monaco 74 points. …
Donald Trump’s The Apprentice 4 will debut tonight at 9 p.m. ET, opposite the results show for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars dance-off. First, at 8, ABC airs a repeat of the Dancing with the Stars dance-off, which aired on Tuesday. After that episode, MSNBC’s Craig Berman wrote that “Monaco fans couldn’t have been happy …
Tonight’s a busy TV night, so make sure the DVR has plenty of room on it. Since when did Tuesdays get all the action? From 8:30 to 10:01, Dancing with the Stars returns for a dance-off between John O’Hurley and Kelly Monaco. Viewer votes will determine the winner, who will be announced Sunday. At 9, …
Dancing with the Stars‘ finalists will have a dance-off on Tuesday, and ABC previously scheduled the hour-and-a-half special to start at 8:30 p.m. ET. That’s right in the middle of NBC’s The Biggest Loser 2, and the special concludes in the 9 p.m. hour, opposite the finale of Big Brother 6. But The Futon Critic …
Responding to the controversy over the Dancing with the Stars finale, and also responding to their own selfish desire to squeeze every last rating point out of their summer hit, ABC has scheduled a dance-off between the two finalists. John O’Hurley (and Charlotte Jorgensen) and Kelly Monaco (and Alec Mazo) will face off live on …