Friday and Sunday, ABC aired a two-episode special reality competition series called Thin Ice, and although it had a voting-related controversy, few people watched the pro skater competition. Canada's Marie-France Dubreuil and U.S. champion Michael Weiss won, although Shizuka Arakawa and Stephane Lambiel were the most popular among home viewers who bothered to watch and vote. After Friday's performances, viewers voted online, and then votes from the judges and studio audience were supposed to be...
- 3/23/2010
- by Andy Dehnart
- Reality Blurred
Details are beginning to emerge about ABC's live two-night figure skating competition Thin Ice airing March 19 and March 21. Today, it was announced that Canada's Joannie Rochette, who brought us to tears with the courage she showed competing in Vancouver and earning a bronze medal after her mother's sudden death, will make a special appearance on the first evening to skate a tribute to her mom. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who'll host the event with Canada's four-time World Champion Kurt Browning, told reporters today that like everyone, she was glued to the TV during Rochette's performances at the Olympics. "I didn't know I...
- 3/3/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
It's not New Year's Day without a Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular. This year's, which airs at 4 p.m. Et today on NBC, features the '88 Olympic gold medalist and current host of the Food Network's What Would Brian Boitano Make? performing — along with Michael Weiss, Yuka Sato, Kimmie Meissner, Alissa Czisny, Steven Cousins, Elena Leonova and Andrei Khvalko, and Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon — to live music by Chicago. "The hard part was choosing nine songs," Boitano says. "They gave me carte blanche. 'We'll play whatever songs you want.' I'm like, 'Ohmygod. Any song?' No musical guest ever says that.
- 1/1/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
From a press release.
Be one of the first to return to the historic Maple Leaf Gardens for a live taping of Battle Of The Blades. Tickets are available beginning Monday September 28 at 12 noon Est.
From left to right, the Battle Of The Blades pairs Back row: Ken Daneyko, Stephane Richer, Ron Duguay, Craig Simpson, Bob Probert. Middle row: Jodeyne Higgins, Marie-France Dubreuil, Jamie Sale, Kristina Lenko, Claude Lemieux. Front row: Barb Underhill, Christine Hough-Sweeney, Tie Domi, Isabelle Brasseur, Glenn Anderson.
Battle of the Blades will tape at Maple Leaf Gardens in front of a live audience Sunday and Monday Nights at 6:30 p.m. Est beginning Sunday October 4th until Monday November 16th. Tickets for the live shows will be available through Ticketmaster for an administrative fee of $5 for general admission and $8 for assigned seating (when available).
Battle Of The Blades features some of Canada’s elite Olympic...
Be one of the first to return to the historic Maple Leaf Gardens for a live taping of Battle Of The Blades. Tickets are available beginning Monday September 28 at 12 noon Est.
From left to right, the Battle Of The Blades pairs Back row: Ken Daneyko, Stephane Richer, Ron Duguay, Craig Simpson, Bob Probert. Middle row: Jodeyne Higgins, Marie-France Dubreuil, Jamie Sale, Kristina Lenko, Claude Lemieux. Front row: Barb Underhill, Christine Hough-Sweeney, Tie Domi, Isabelle Brasseur, Glenn Anderson.
Battle of the Blades will tape at Maple Leaf Gardens in front of a live audience Sunday and Monday Nights at 6:30 p.m. Est beginning Sunday October 4th until Monday November 16th. Tickets for the live shows will be available through Ticketmaster for an administrative fee of $5 for general admission and $8 for assigned seating (when available).
Battle Of The Blades features some of Canada’s elite Olympic...
- 9/29/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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