Question: Criminy! Are they kidding? I was willing to give Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann a shot because I respect them and was looking forward to something new while waiting for the strike to end. What was I treated to this week? A 30-minute recap of last week's 90-minute show. Sorry, judges, you lost me. The show's producers have shown a complete lack of respect for the viewers' time. I'd rather watch American Gladiators than another 30-minute recap.
Answer: For me, Dance War arguably got even worse when the recap ended. What an awful show, and this is coming from someone who generally and genuinely enjoys Dancing with the Stars. The new competition looks like something you'd see on amateur night at high school. The singing is mostly awful, the dancing is lame, and very few individual personalities have yet emerged from this ill-conceived team competition. A bad idea, poorly executed. And by casting these judges as cheerleaders, the show sorely lacks an objective critic to give these
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Most years, I find myself cringing at the very spectacle that drives zillions of people to their TV sets: the American Idol auditions, a circus of exhibitionistic freaks, delusional show-offs, sad sacks all too willing to be mocked, characters who looked like they woke up too late for Mardi Gras, and the usual gamut. And the occasional promising singer.Maybe it's strike fatigue, or the fact that I've just sat stupefied for two weeks watching the far more insipid antics of the preening judges Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, who've quickly worn out their welcome as the dim-bulb guiding lights of the so-far-misleadingly titled Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann. But Tuesday night's launch of the seventh season of American Idol, with two hours spent sifting through the flotsam and jetsam of tryouts in Philadelphia, felt more entertaining and less punishingly cruel than in years past.If anything, the would-be Idols generally behaved worse than the judges, even the notoriously puckish Si...
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Posted by “twsmrt4u”...Jeers to Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann. It’s more like "Dance Horrors." After watching it, I am left wanting something more… like So You Think You Can Dance! SYTYCD is a show that actually involves real dancing. You want to see a dance war? Pit Bruno and Carrie Ann against Shane Sparks, Mia Michaels and Wade Robson — that would be a war worth watching!• Read and react to Bruce Fretts' opinions on CSI, Project Runway and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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A few ratings highlights from Monday night:• Fox's coverage of the BCS showdown between OSU and LSU averaged 21.58 million total viewers, more than double the closest contender. Its draw in key demos was also off the charts.• ABC's Dance War averaged about 11 mil over its two-hour premiere, besting NBC's American Gladiators (10.9 mil, down nine percent from its premiere) in the 8 o'clock hour.• At 10, Medium (9.57 mil, up 140 thou from its previous season premiere) topped a CSI: Miami repeat to claim second place. With five mil, October Road was down 680K from its last fresh episode.Also, Friday's season-ending episode of Zoey 101 was pregnant with 7.3 million viewers — more than double the Nickelodeon hit's average draw, says the New York Post. The final season of the Jamie Lynn Spears starrer unspools in February.
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Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie AnnSo how are you all doing now that there’s no Dancing with the Stars in your lives? Not so good, eh? Well now you can thank your lucky stars (or whoever started this whole phenomena known as the spin-off) that the new series Dance War premieres tonight. The show pits two teams of performers (hand-selected by Carrie Ann and Bruno) against each other in a grueling competition. Now the question is: who’s side are you on?Watch it now! | More online videos For more great videos, check out our Online Video Guide now!
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