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(S10E13) Last night's 'Dancing with the Stars' provided several of the celebrities' personal best scores including the first 30 of the season. The group dances forced the scores closer to each other.

The results begin and I'm taken aback to Brooke Burke looking like a poor man's Carmen Electra tonight. We start off immediately with Nicole & Derek and Erin & Maks. While Nicole & Derek are safe, Erin & Maks are in the dreaded bottom two.

Len's recap basically hyped how much he thought the episode went. It was because after Jake's elimination the dead weight is gone. It turns out that Nicole's dress was stuck when she did her low spin and landed on her bum thus causing the giggle moment I complained about last night.

(S10E12) It's the dreaded team challenge on 'Dancing with the Stars' and for once, both teams are dancing the same style: the cha-cha. I never understood why the team dances were totally different styles anyway. The images of Susan Lucci trying her best to cha-cha back in Season 7 flashed as Pamela started to struggle to remember her choreography, but both teams coped well with the producers whims.

Tonight judge Carrie Ann Inaba considered Nicole to be the best celebrity dancer she's ever seen. Clearly she's been drinking the tainted water. I haven't seen a female contestant get close to the great dancing skills of Kristi Yamaguchi. Nicole continues to still be hard in dances that need a gentle nature though she made strides this week with her waltz.

Another celebrity has been booted from 'Dancing With the Stars' (Tue., 8PM ET on ABC). Former 'Bachelor' star Jake Pavelka got the axe on the show. He and actress Niecy Nash had the two lowest scores, but it was Pavelka who was cut. During his farewell speech, Pavelka got a little emotional.

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We imagine things are already tough enough for Kate Gosselin as a newly-divorced mother of eight children. So, it comes as no surprise that she doesn't like the idea that parenting gets more difficult as children get older.

On 'Good Morning America' (weekdays, 7AM ET on ABC), Gosselin reacts to a comment made by 'Dancing With the Stars' co-star Niecy Nash that teenagers are harder to raise than young children.

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Lindsay Lohan has been accused of having various addictions -- to drugs, to alcohol, to fame -- but did you know that she also may be addicted to ... clothes?

On the latest episode of 'The Insider' (weekdays, 7PM ET on CBS), Niecy Nash went inside Lohan's apartment. "I'm here because I heard you got a whole lot of mayhem and a whole lot of foolishness," Nash said. "I have a lot of clothing ... I have a lot of stuff," said Lohan. "Can you show me your 'stuff'?" Nash asked. But what Nash found may be more "stuff" and clothing than you can ever imagine.

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Niecy Nash -- the star of 'Reno 911!' -- has had a tragic and often painful life.

On Wednesday's edition of 'The Insider' (weekdays, syndicated), Nash and her mother, Margaret, discussed an incident that almost killed them. They revealed that Margaret's former boyfriend shot Margaret in the back -- while going after Niecy's brother -- with a sawed-off shotgun. Then he set the house on fire ... with Niecy still inside, hiding under a bed.

It's a pretty shocking incident -- one that will send chills up your spine.

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Bonnie Hunt has the weirdest guests on the 'The Bonnie Hunt Show' (weekdays, syndicated). Just the other day, she had Niecy Nash yelling at her about forgetting a birthday party. And on Tuesday, Hunt interviewed Crispin Glover, who is perhaps The Weirdest Man Alive™.

Glover talked about owning his own castle in the Czech Republic. And we can all relate to that, right? Or maybe not. Anyway, the former George McFly talked about his castle and shared photographs with an amazed Hunt. "This dining room ... it's like from the set of 'Dark Shadows,' she said. Why the castle? Cause there's horse stables next door that he uses for a sound stage. What? Watch the clip to find out more.

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Don't mess with Niecy Nash! The comedy star is appearing on the newest season of 'Dancing With the Stars,' and was on 'The Bonnie Hunt Show' (weekdays, syndicated) Monday to discuss her career.

Apparently, Hunt had earlier "ditched" Niecy after Niecy set up a double-date for them, and then Hunt made matters worse by forgetting her birthday. Nash didn't take this lying down. "...Make it up to me!" she told Hunt, over and over again. Hunt, who kept saying she was "still gonna be busy," finally gave in.

The lesson here: If you forget Niecy Nash's birthday, you can still make it up to her with a present later on. Let's hope that Nash is as good at dancing as she is at arguing.

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It's that time again. The celebrities have been gathered from across the sports and entertainment spectrum to show off their ballroom skills (or lack thereof) on season 10 of 'Dancing With the Stars' (Mon., March 22, 8PM ET on ABC).

This year, there aren't any outsized fan bases among the participants, as there was last season with Donny Osmond, who took home the show's mirror-ball trophy over competition that was a little more polished on the dance floor. Hopefully, that means the results will be decided more by dance ability than popularity. Here's how we rank the season 10 contestants and their odds of winning:

Hot on the heels of the celebrity cast reveal, ABC announced the 'Dancing With The Stars' 2010 pairings on 'Good Morning America.' Old faces are returning, plus some new dancers are shining their shoes before they hit the floor.

Want to know who will be doing the jitterbug with Pamela Anderson? Find out the pairings after the jump.

When I first wrote about the cast changes for season six of Reno 911!, a few readers were disappointed that their favorite deputies were killed in a tragic taco stand explosion. Clementine (Wendi McLendon-Covey), Garcia (Carlos Alazraqui), and Kimball (Mary Birdsong) all died, and were replaced this season with Deputy Frank Rizzo (Joe Lo Truglio) and Sergeant Jack Declan (Ian Roberts).

Clementine and Garcia were both part of the show since the beginning, and were often the most appealing characters on the show. The racial tension between Garcia and Deputy Jones (Cedric Yarbrough) was a fun plotline, and Clementine's undercover pot bust at a head shop was one of my favorite scenes. Kimball came aboard in season three, and had her adherents, as well.

In the behind-the-scenes interviews the network sent along with the pilot, the entire cast and the creator described Do Not Disturb, premiering tonight at 9:30/8:30 Central, as an "upstairs-downstairs" workplace comedy. Creator Abraham Higginbotham (Arrested Development) based the show on his time at the Paramount Hotel in the '90s. "It's Freaks and Geeks in a hotel," he said. "You've got your upstairs crowd where you have to basically turn in a photo to be approved to work where you come into face contact with guests. And then downstairs, anybody can work there because they're the people doing all the real work."

Unfortunately, if this is going to be the major thrust of the series going forward, they picked a pretty poor episode to establish that for the pilot. "Work Sex" tackled sex and promiscuity, which are such powerful subjects in this country they tend to overwhelm everything. And since the show is trying to introduce its premise, characters, relationships and the dynamics of its ensemble at the same time, it may have been better to launch with a subject a little less dominating. In fact, I didn't really get the struggle between the two groups at all.

It certainly won't be the only factor, but the choices made for just who makes up the celebrity panel will go a long way in deciding the fate of this latest incarnation of the classic show. With that in mind, here is the celebrity panel from the recently taped pilot: Sarah Silverman, Norm MacDonald, Bob Einstein (Super Dave!), Scott Thompson (Kids In The Hall), Rashida Jones (The Office), and Niecy Nash (Reno 911). Andrew Daly (Crossballs) is the host.

How does that lineup grab ya? To me, it's not bad. The Reuters article asks if Sarah Silverman is the new Brett Somers or Norm MacDonald is the new Richard Dawson. In a word, no. You just can't fight that kind of nostalgia. So many of us have seen the classic episodes so many times, and have such fond memories of them, that I don't think there is anything they could possibly do to begin to live up to the original.

Fox has made the call, and it's a big "see ya later" for Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton. But their loss is someone else's gain. The pilot for the Jason Bateman directed comedy series The Inn has been picked up for a 13-week commitment, while Back to You has been axed. The Brad Garrett-Joely Fisher sitcom, Til Death, meanwhile, has been given another year.

Bateman, who starred in Arrested Development -- the Emmy-award winning comedy that the network dumped unceremoniously because of low ratings -- was behind the camera for The Inn pilot. The show, which is about the haves and have-nots in a fancy, five-star New York City hotel, has a promising cast of funny folks including Niecy Nash (Reno 911!), Jerry O'Connell (who looks like Jason's twin), and the really hilarious Jesse Tyler Ferguson (remember him on The Class -- he was so funny!).
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Those of you who saw Borat last weekend probably also saw the incredibly hilarious trailer for the Reno 911! movie, called Reno 911: Miami. In the film, the team goes to Miami for a law enforcement convention and then ends up taking over for the Miami PD. From Dangle's short shorts to Wiegel's trash-talking on the beach... you're gonna love it. Plus, the whole cast of MTV's The State makes an appearance. The trailer is now up exclusively on Australian Yahoo! and it plays kinda crappy on a Mac (where's the love, y'all?).

I'm getting conflicting reports about when it will be released: Wikipedia says it's February 23rd, but Whitney at USA Today says it's not until May 10. Unfortunately, the Reno 911! fan site hasn't been updated in a year so it was no help. If you know a release date, put it in the comments!

*Update: Thanks, Whitney! The movie comes out in the states on February 23rd.