7 posts tagged “dancing with the stars”

Punk Ballroom

OK, for some crazy reason, I've fallen in love with this show!  The third season starts tonight on PBS.  It's quirky, cheesy and dazzling all at the same time.  If you enjoy Dancing With The Stars you really should watch this for great insight and understanding.  Plus see Tony Dovolani do his thing in a professional setting, not with a D-list cougar.

Not much to update today as I didn't see much last night.  A dear friend called me and we had a great time gabbing but it meant that I missed half of Lost (although enough to say, cage sex?  Ewww!).  What I'm going to do is try watching it on ABC.com.  I've watched shows on my computer via iTunes and at CBS using their Innertube service.  Innertube was maddening, clunky, difficult to use and returned repeated error messages.  iTunes was a bit of a pain to get set up with because (gasp!) it was the first time I ever used the service.  I know!  I do not have an iPod.  However, once downloaded, the show (a free episode of 30 Days on immigration) played easily and the quality was exceptional.  I wouldn't want to regularly replace watching on my hi-def, widescreen plama television ;-P but it's nice to have iTunes as a backup option.  If ABC.com doesn't work out, I'll pay for this episode of Lost.

The lack of surprises on Dancing With the Stars continued as, indeed, Joey was voted off the dance floor.

I saw The Nine which improved in that they showed a tiny bit more of the robbery than previous episodes.  But, seriously, the post-robbery storylines are just so cliched and boring.  In hooking up post robbery, one of the female characters says to the male character just before he kisses her "Are we really doing this?"  Another female character when her boyfriend starts to propose, she runs out so she doesn't have to answer.  Meh, who cares?.  The robbery scenes are so much better with real tension and energy.  They should take a tip from 24 and keep the action going. 

The recorded stuff and Lost will have to wait for a weekend catchup.

Tonight I'll watch My Name is Earl, The Office, and ER.  Ugly Betty and The OC will be recorded unless I somehow squeeze in last night's OC beforehand, in which case I'll watch. 

And, why no Grey's Anatomy you ask?  Because I simply cannot suspend my disbelief sufficiently to buy the notion that virtually every man who comes within ten feet of boney, squinty-eyed, Ellen Pompeo completely self-absorbed Meredith, falls instantly in love, or at least lust, with her.  In general, the whole everybody-in-the-hospital-is-hooking-up-with-any-co-worker-who-breathes thing is, even by soap opera standards, just too much for me.

Lost - The Complete Second Season

Dancing With The Stars carried on predictably last night.  I think last week's order will be the final finish: Mario wins, then Emmitt, Joey and Monique.  Poor Monique - the judges criticized her last week for getting her heel caught in her long skirt and then this week for showing off her imprecise footwork in her short skirt.  But she could have protested that unfortunate dark lipstick which certainly didn't help her chances.  And, I can't believe that none of the recaps I've read have mentioned the fact that Cheryl has a ballroom.  In her house.  I'm still scraping my jaw off the ground over that one.

Law & Order: CI was a bit disappointing.  In the continuing L&O tradition of using aging stars for over-the-top roles, Liza Minelli's turn was more of a whimper than a bang.  But always fun to see Vincent D'Onofrio work his psychological charms.

It was fun to see Mariska Hargitay back on Law & Order: SVU but, damn, put some dirt makeup on that woman.  Her post-pregnancy glow on top of her already insane beauty was a tad riduculous when she was supposed to be an undercover anarchist terrorist.  But loved how she couldn't get SVU detectiving out of her blood.  And, please tell me that Dani and Elliot kissing in the promos for next week is some kind of bad dream red herring play acting to catch a thief and not a real hook-up.  Ewww.

For tonight its 30 Rock which is getting better.  Alec Baldwin and Kenneth the Page are laugh out loud funny.  I'm still laughing over the "those shoes are definitely bi-curious" line from last week.  No Jane Krakowski is a good move and, although I wished Rachael Dratch was in the "Girlie" role when ever Krakowski or Dratch were on screen, perhaps Dratch won't feel as bad now that they are both MIA.

Then Lost, of course.  I have my suspicions of who's going to bite the bullet based on promos for upcoming daytime talk show guests.  Dang!  I generally don't mind spoilers but I like being surprised with Lost.   And if I am right, I am not happy.

Finally, watching The Nine and recording Top Chef.  I loved the pilot for The Nine but I'm losing patience with the pace of reveal and balance between flashback and present.  Seriously, if they keep doling out 10 minutes per week of the 52 hour robbery this show will lose its already dwindling audience before the end of the season let alone before revealling the whole story.  Top Chef, so far, is not as fun or engaging as last season.  At this rate, it may disapper from the DVR and I'll catch up when they have a marathon at the end of the season.

And, question about Heroes... is Niki a Summer Roberts rage blackout come to life?