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ABC Developing Skating Version of Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is heading for the rink.

ABC and BBC Worldwide Productions are discussing the creation of a figure skating version of Dancing, a network rep told TVGuide.com

While development is still in the early stages, both companies hope to import a BBC format in which celebrities train to perform ice-skating routines. BBC ...
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ABC Developing Skating Version of Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is heading for the rink.

ABC and BBC Worldwide Productions are discussing the creation of a figure skating version of Dancing, a network rep told TVGuide.com

While development is still in the early stages, both companies hope to import a BBC format in which celebrities train to perform ice-skating routines. BBC ...
read more

Kristy Swanson Weds Skating Partner Lloyd Eisler

Skating with Celebrities champions Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler have tied the knot.

The couple exchanged vows before 100 family and friends at a hotel in San Luis Obispo, Calif. on Saturday. "It was awesome and I feel ...
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Kristy Swanson's Girlfight

Kristy Swanson says it's not true: She did not assault boyfriend LloydEisler’s ex-wife and she tells TV Guide that she and Eisler are willing to take lie-detector tests to prove it.The night before Father’s Day, the Skating with Celebrities champ was arrested by Kingston, Ontario, cops on a complaint filed by Marcia O’Brien alleging Swanson deliberately caused her harm, Swanson says.“Basically, Lloyd is in the middle of a custody fight with his ex,” Swanson says. “He wants 50/50 custody and the right to bring his two kids to L.A. for visits. That’s their deal; I don’t get involved.” Swanson, last seen inAnna Nicole Smith drag on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, did get involved when she and new baby Magnus went to O’Brien’s house along with Eisler to pick up his children for a pre-arranged visit. According to Swanson, the brouhaha started when O’Brien wouldn’t leave the van after her children were settled in. “Ma... read more

Law & Order: CI's "Anna Nicole" Clears the Air

Last seen flying around the ice — and cracking her chin — on Skating with Celebrities, new mom Kristy Swanson returns to TV with her feet on dry land and you might say her head in the clouds. Swanson is playing an Anna Nicole Smith type named Lorelei Mailer on tonight's Law & Order: Criminal Intent (9 pm/ET, on NBC). Swanson talks to us about channeling Smith, returning to work post-baby, and those pesky rumors about her love life with skating pro Lloyd Eisler. TV Guide: Congratulations on your new baby. What's his read more

Todd Bridges on Everybody Hates Chris? Whatchutalkinbout?!

It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world, and nobody knows that better than Todd Bridges. Tonight, he begins a recurring gig as a crazed ex-military man named Monk on Everybody Hates Chris (8 pm/ET, on the CW), so we had to see what the former Willis Drummond is talkin' 'bout these days. TV Guide: From Skating with Celebrities [see the 2006 Q&A] to working with read more

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Premise: Six-part elimination contest, sort of a `Dancing with the Stars' on ice, pairing ex-skating champions with game celebs with little or no figure-skating experience. Arthur Smith and Kent Weed (`The Swan,' `Hell's Kitchen') are the executive producers.

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