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Ratings: 'Dancing With the Stars' premiere hits all-time high
Maybe Bachelor jiltee Melissa Rycroft brought the ratings momentum with her, or maybe America is as obsessed with jailbird Lil' Kim's ballroom dancing as I am. But for whatever reason, ABC's Dancing With the Stars quickstepped up to its highest...
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani: Dancing With The Stars VIDEO
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani: Dancing With The Stars VIDEO
bittenandbound.com — Dancing with the Stars kicked off their new season last night. Joining the group as a last... minute replacement for the injured Nancy O’Dell was Melissa Rycroft . Bachelor fans know her as the woman who was rejected last week by Jason Mesnick before a live national audience following ... Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani: Dancing With The Stars ...
Scoop: Can inmates vote for Lil’ Kim on ‘Dancing’?
Scoop: Can inmates vote for Lil’ Kim on ‘Dancing’?
msnbc.msn.com — Singer and onetime inmate Lil Kim dedicated her "Dancing With the Stars" performance to her former prison... pals, but they aren't allowed to vote -- for her or for anyone on the show. Scoop: Can inmates vote for Lil’ Kim on ‘Dancing’?
Most-watched 'Dancing' premiere ever
Most-watched 'Dancing' premiere ever
thrfeed.com — The eighth edition of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" had the most-watched premiere in the show's history,...... Full story at The Live Feed Most-watched 'Dancing' premiere ever
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"Castle" debuts to strong, but mixed numbers.
Whedonesque | a weblog about Joss Whedonhttp://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/ratings-dancing.html Nathan Fillion's new show "Castle" premiered with 11.6 million viewers The "mixed" numbers part comes in when you factor that "Dancing With the Stars" had a 22.5. So "Castle" only kept half of the "DWtS" viewers - or you can interpret it like I do: That most people who watch Nathan Fillion are not "DWtS" watchers.

Idol Headlines For 03/11/09
mjsbigblog — ... than second-place Fox garnered in the same two-hour period. Those stellar numbers boosted the series premiere of lead-out Castle, which charmed 11.6 million viewers (though note that that means only about half of Dancing’s audience stuck around for the Nathan Fillion dramedy). All that ABC excitement left CBS unusually strapped for viewers, with Big Bang Theory (9.5 million), How I Met Your Mother (8.5 million), and Two and a Half Men (13.3 million) all dipping. Hollywood Insider ...

Dancing with the Stars: Season 8 Premiere Soars to Record High
BuddyTV — ... when you start a group of different personalities in an environment like this, it's always interesting to see how they mesh or don't." "We had two wonderful replacements in Holly Madison and Melissa Rycroft. Of course, [Rycroft] got ditched and jilted on The Bachelor a week ago but she came back in fine form," he added. Catch the next episode of Dancing with the Stars on Monday, March 16 at 8pm on ABC. -Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist Source: Radaronline.com , EW (Image courtesy of ABC)

I'm a Celebrity tanks in the US - why?
Television & radio: TV and radio blog | guardian.co.uk — ... Here! would live up to it's name a little more, and just leave already. In its return to the screen after a mildly floppy run in 2003, it has spectacularly failed to catch the public imagination once again. And while reality formats are one of the British television exports that have flourished in the US – leading actors being another – I'm a Celebrity just doesn't seem to chime with people as well as the Idol-type competition, or Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing With the Stars. But why doesn't this particular show, one that's such a winning ...

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jewssip.com 3/9/2009 — While Melissa Rycroft won’t be dancing the hora around The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick at their wedding, she will be shaking her ass on Dancing With the Stars . There’s nothing like appearing on a new reality show to get over the hurt and humiliation of losing on the season finale ...
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Melissa Forgives The BachelorOK! Magazine :: News Feed 3/10/2009
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