
Sep 23 - By Linda Holmes, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
"Dancing With the Stars" ends its first week of the season by sending one male and one female dancer home. The show also paid tribute to Patrick Swayze.

Sep 22 - By Linda Holmes, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Macy Gray is the worst dancer by far, but often, the first boots are doled out to the bad and boring over the even worse but marginally interesting on "Dancing With the Stars."

Apr 7 - By Linda Holmes, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
"Dancing With the Stars" first freed Shawn Johnson and Lil’ Kim from danger, then Gilles Marini, and then it pulled the early shocker — Tom Bergeron announced that low-scoring Steve-O was safe. Gulping hard at this news? Ty Murray, David Alan Grier, and Chuck Wicks, the three most obvious underperformers (who weren’t NFL stars like Lawrence Taylor) who might logically be at risk. The show next freed Chuck and Melissa Rycroft, further frightening Ty and David and their fans. Surprisingly, though, Ty was declared safe, so the NFL magic may not be working that well in Lawrence’s case — he was left to compete against David in the dance-off.

Apr 6 - By Linda Holmes, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Last week’s "Dancing With the Stars" double elimination of Holly Madison and Steve Wozniak efficiently continued the weeding out of the truly weak competitors, but now the mediocre dancers have less and less cover. Monday night, few of them did anything to change their positions. In fact, the only person to improve more than one point from last week was … Steve-O.

Apr 28 - By NBC Nightly News
Monday was mix-up night on “Dancing with the Stars,” as each celebrity hoofer took on two very different routines. The first round of major moves was strictly ballroom, and Latin numbers finished out the night. But the dances weren’t the only drastic differences.

Apr 21 - By NBC Nightly News
It was ballroom’s greatest hits Monday on “Dancing with the Stars,” as the celebs took on dances previously seen this season. While each routine was new to the individual stars, they all made for a dance floor retrospective with the return of the foxtrot, rumba, Viennese waltz, mambo, jive and cha-cha-cha.

Apr 7 - By NBC Nightly News
Traditionally, the fourth week of “Dancing with the Stars,” which features the dizzying Viennese waltz and the passionate paso doble, separates the so-so celebs from the real contenders. Not so this season, as the dancing divide remains much the same.