Dancing with the Stars season 17 contestant Bill Nye was eliminated during the third week because of an injury that still bothers him now, a year and a half later, but he definitely would return to the ABC show. The day he was promoting his appearance on National Geographic Channel’s American Genius, on which he’s… continue reading
Dancing with the Stars 17
Why Dancing with the Stars is so much better now
ABC’s Dancing with the Stars was cut from two episodes a week to one for its 17th season, a change that seriously hurt Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance. But improbably for a series that has always skewed old, both in its ratings and presentation, the show has improved significantly this season, and no… continue reading
The day has arrived when it’s a sad thing for Snooki to be leaving a TV show
With no elimination last week because votes were discarded, and the addition of scores from this week’s group numbers, there was a lot going in to this week’s Dancing with the Stars results. At the end, it was former Jersey Shore cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi who was sent home. This was surprising and surprisingly… continue reading
Dancing with the Stars dumps all viewer votes because of on-air screw-up
Dancing with the Stars eliminated no one last night after all viewer votes were thrown out because incorrect phone numbers were displayed last week, resulting in viewers voting for people they didn’t intend to vote for. While first pretending they were going to eliminate someone at the end of the episode (“so mean,” Brooke observed),… continue reading
Saved by the Bell comes to Dancing with the Stars: Elizabeth Berkley’s awesome routine
In the best-ever pre-dance bit in the history of Dancing with the Stars, Elizabeth Berkley recreated a famous scene from Saved by the Bell, the 1989 to 1993 sitcom she starred in. It was this scene about her character Jessie Spano’s caffeine pill addiction, during which Zack Morris confronted her about her pill use and… continue reading
An early win for Dancing with the Stars’ great cast
Dancing with the Stars‘ cast follows pretty much the same formula that it has for its previous 16 seasons–Disney Channel star; beloved, older, comedic star; reality TV cast member; athlete; et cetera–but for several reasons, this cast stands out, and the first episode convinced me to keep watching a show I gave up on years… continue reading
ABC kills Dancing with the Stars results, renews The Taste, orders fantasy competition
Dancing with the Stars will only air on one night this fall, as ABC has cancelled its Tuesday night results shows. That’s similar to the decision Fox made last year to limit So You Think You Can Dance to a single night, combining the performance and results into one awkward hour of television. ABC said… continue reading