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"Dancing with Stars" Season 7
marigold:
An interesting article:
Backstage: What You'll See on the Finale
Here's a sneak preview of the Tuesday night festivities for the season finale of Dancing with the Stars: The three remaining couples will each dance one more dance — their favorite of the season — and will be given one more set of scores from the judges. Those marks will be added to the totals from Monday night and the overall high score will determine who gets to cart off the mirrorball trophy.
According to judge Bruno Tonioli, look for Brooke and Derek to repeat their Viennese waltz. Warren and Kym will reprise their big crowd-pleaser, the hustle. And Lance and Lacey will do an encore of their high-scoring jitterbug. "I think they all did incredibly well tonight," says Tonioli. "Lance was good. Warren is irresistible. But after Brooke's turn [during the freestyle], it's like, 'Wow. Top that.'"
But there should also be extra fireworks in the form of octogenarian Cloris Leachman, who returns to the ballroom — along with the rest of the original 13 couples — to take one last spin around the floor. "We're doing the tango on Tuesday night," says her pro partner, Corky Ballas. Ballas reports that Leachman is feeling much better after coming down with a bad upper respiratory infection. "She's lost 11 pounds but she's doing great now," says Ballas. "We practiced today and she's dancing the best she ever has because she's had time to let it sink in."
Ballas says that the jaw-dropping spin he did with Leachman during their last dance, the one where he grabbed her arm and leg and sent her flying in a circle, was done "out of desperation not to get eliminated," he says. "But it didn't work." Ballas says the high-risk move, called a Flying Angel, had not been rehearsed. "It wasn't planned," he says. "I just threw it in at the last second because our last routine was so awful. She didn't remember the steps. She says she doesn't get nervous, but she does."
Leachman had threatened never to leave the ballroom even after she was voted off. "Bonnie Hunt told me that Cloris had told her that the producers said she couldn't come back," says host Tom Bergeron. "So I checked with the producers and they didn't say that. They said, 'We didn't tell her she couldn't come back. We told her she couldn't rush the stage.'"
Bergeron, by the way, is trying to get another golden oldie, Bob Barker, 84, to dance next season. "I wrote a blurb in his book, and I said, 'You should show these young chicks like Cloris how the older guys do it,'" says Bergeron. But Barker wrote back, unmoved. "He said, 'I'm a lousy dancer.'"
Link: http://www.tvguide.com/Dancing-Stars/Dancing-Stars-Backstage-1000202.aspx
marigold:
ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE
ABC OVERNIGHT RATINGS (FOR 11/24)
Quick Take for Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday's Most-Watched Net for the 9th Time in 10 Weeks, ABC Draws its Largest Audience and Highest Adults 18-49 Rating in 7 Weeks
"Dancing with the Stars" Delivers Best-Since-Premiere Numbers in Viewers and Adults 18-49, Wins its Time Period in Both Measures and Stands as Monday's Most-Watched TV Program in All 10 of its Telecasts This Season
"Dancing with the Stars" Is Up by 1.9 Million Viewers and by 7% in Adults 18-49 Compared to its Most Recent Monday Finale
"Samantha Who?" Beats CBS' "Worst Week" in Total Viewers and Adults 18-34 and Wins its Half-hour in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 for the 6th Time in 7 Telecasts
Monday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC's Monday lineup saw week-to-week increases of nearly 1.0 million viewers (15.2 million vs. 14.3 million) and 9% in Adults 18-49 (3.6/9 vs. 3.3/8), producing the Net's strongest numbers on the night in both viewers and young adults in 7 weeks - since 10/6/08. ABC built on the previous week's audience for the 3rd consecutive week and qualified as the night's most-watched network for the 9th time in the last 10 weeks.
"Dancing with the Stars" (8:00-9:32 p.m.)
The Monday season finale of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" was the most-watched program of the night, making the dance competition the night's No. 1 program in all 10 of its airings this season. With Night 1 of the two-night season finale event, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" won its time period and posted best-since-premiere numbers in both Total Viewers (21.1 million) and Adults 18-49 (4.7/12). In addition to being the night's most-watched telecast, "DWTS" ranked as Monday's No. 1 program across each of the key women demos (W18-34 - 4.4/12, W18-49 - 6.4/16 and W25-54 - 8.3/18) and Teens 12-17 (2.6/8).
* "Dancing with the Stars" was up from its most recent Monday finale by 1.9 million and by 7% in Adults 18-49 (19.2 million & 4.4/13 in Adults 18-49 on 5/19/08).
"Samantha Who?" (9:32-10:02 p.m.)
ABC's "Samantha Who?" logged its largest audience (10.7 million) and equaled its best Adults 18-49 rating (2.9/7) since its season premiere (10/13/08). "Samantha Who?" outperformed its comedy competition in the time slot, CBS' "Worst Week," in both Total Viewers (10.7 million vs. 10.2 million) and Adults 18-34 (2.1/6 vs. 2.0/6), while beating the CBS sitcom across each of the key women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54) for the 7th straight head-to-head airing.
* "Samantha Who?" won its time period among Women 18-49 (4.3/10) and Women 25-54 (5.3/11) for the 6th time in its 7 telecasts this season.
"Boston Legal" (10:02-11:00 p.m.)
"Boston Legal" topped its NBC drama competition in the hour, "My Own Worst Enemy," in both Total Viewers (8.1 million vs. 3.8 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.1/6 vs. 1.7/4).
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 28% currently, from 21% at the same point in 2007.
More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
apskip:
The results are in and the coveted Disco Ball trophy was awarded. Each of the eliminated contestants got to showcase a dance of their choice and Jeffery Ross roasted the 3 finalists. His best line was when he told Lance that a baby of his would could out of the womb and out of the closet simultaneously. Tom Bergeron requested that the home audience, who cannot vote tonight about DWTS , go and vote for DWTS for the People's Choice awards. Tom was being almost as subtle as Kim Kardashian who responded to Tom's invitation to say something about the finalists with " Watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians" in March. In both cases really classy (NOT).
The 3 finalists had their final competitive dance. Warren and Kym did the Hustle, a good choice for him. His scores were three 9s for 27 tonight and 80 total combining in last night. That counted 50% and the audience vote the other 50%.
Lance and Lacey did the jitterbug, a high energy routine well suited to him. Their scores were 9 from Carrie Ann and Len and 10 from Bruno for 28 tonight and 81 total.
Brooke and Derek did a stylish Viennese Waltz, ending with a song about Mothers and their children by going to her 2 daughters in the front row (supervised by her finacee) and giving them each a kiss. That was really classy! Her scores were three perfect 10s for a perfect 30 tonight and 88 total (8% better than Lance and 9% better than Warren).
The results were announced to eliminate the #3 rated team, which turned out to be Lance and Lacey. Apparently Warren has a better following than Lance since their judges scores last night were indentical. Then it was time and Brooke and Derek got the well-deserved win and Warren and Kym second place. It was prefaced by contrasts by Tom and Samantha about dancing ability vs. audience entertainment. The voters chose dancing ability, which in my opinion they should.
It was a fine season even though Brooke won 10 of the 11 episodes. It was close enough, particulary with an improved Lance challenging her at the end.
marigold:
Yay Brooke, it was a great season even with Cloris being there :groan: :funny:
Florence Henderson sure has a lot to say about DWTS hmmm Season 8 maybe
marigold:
Jimmy Kimmel with DWTS WINNERS Brooke & Derek
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