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Will DWTS air one season a year? Fire its judges? Change its name to American Idol?

After the weak performance of Dancing with the Stars‘ all-star season this fall, all options seem to be on the table, according to a report, including moving to one season a year, in spring. While an ABC spokesperson said, “We haven’t made a decision about fall yet, but we have no indication that it won’t …

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All-star DWTS: bad idea to have good dancers, Disney exec says

This fall’s Dancing with the Stars all-star season wasn’t a good idea, according to ABC parent Disney’s CFO, because it featured winners and other strong competitors instead of terrible, entertaining dancers. “We thought it was a great idea,” Jay Rasulo said at a conference today, according to Deadline. “Turns out people didn’t want to see …

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Dancing with the Stars changes scores so judges might actually judge

Dancing with the Stars All-Stars debuts tonight, and producers have changed the scoring: now, judges can award half points, such as 7.5. That is “to accommodate and reflect the higher degrees of difficulty and nuances in performance that this season’s All-Stars will bring to the dance floor,” according to an ABC press release. Executive producer …

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Bristol Palin blames media for her reality TV career; insists, “I love gays. I’m not a homophobic”

With Todd Palin on NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes and Bristol Palin returning as an all-star on Dancing with the Stars, Sarah Palin’s family has found a home in reality television. As Dancing host Tom Bergeron noted a few minutes ago, the Palins “haven’t really gone full Kardashian,” but it’s impossible to deny that the family …

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