Top 5 (l-r): Jena (“It’s GEEENA!!”) Irene, Alex Preston, Caleb Johnson, Sam Woolf and Jessica Meuse. Photo: Michael Becker/FOX And then there were five. Learn all about “Grumpy Cat,” plus which of the Top 6 American Idol finalists got the boot Thursday night on the fading Fox star search series. I recap this week’s performance show
Dancing duo Karina Smirnoff and Sean Avery What’s the deal with Dancing with the Stars? That’s CHML’s Scott Thompson’s opener on this week’s Hamilton Talk Radio podcast. He’d read my report of the abuse of poor old Billy Dee Williams, turned into a Jedi joke on Monday’s Season 18 premiere. Scott wonders if this might
Billy Dee, who got a Billy D-minus for his dancing from one critic Each week, I recap Dancing with the Stars for TheStar.ca. I have done it for a few years and am not ashamed to admit it.Until this season, that is. What an unholy hot mess that show has become. It is as if
The right person–Amber Riley from Glee–won the latest Mirrorball Trophy Tuesday night on the 17th finale of Dancing with the Stars. It would not have been an injustice if runner-up Corbin Bleu had won, either. Both brought their A-game every week and impressed judges and viewers with their dancing. Riley’s advantage–having five time winner Derek
It’s no mystery; Canadians love Murdoch Monday’s early season overnight ratings were an eye opener on several fronts.First, they continue to show tremendous growth for a series given up for dead just two years ago. Murdoch Mysteries returned to CBC–a network off the radar all summer–with an overnight, estimated 1.4 million viewers. This on a
Head over to TheStar.ca for my take on Tuesday night’s 16th season finale of Dancing with the Stars. It was a close, entertaining contest, and ended up being a pick-em between country singer Kellie Pickler and Disney girl Zendaya. For Pickler’s pro partner, Derek Hough, it was his fourth Mirror Ball trophy, a record. The
Airplane! star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson says he couldn’t believe all the Pope coverage. It didn’t surprise me. Papal elections, royal weddings, this is the kind of world events that networks can carry and be fairly sure they’ll draw a big audience. CTV, which sent Lisa LaFlamme to Vatican City, says they
Andy Dick and partner Sharna Burgess. ABC/Adam Taylor You can tell spring is in the air once celebrities start springing in the air on another edition of Dancing with the Stars. For this 16th competition, ABC has gathered the usual suspects: a football star (Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones), an Olympic gymnast (Alexandra Raisman),