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Skating With Celebrities
SERIES: Fox, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)


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Starring Scott Hamilton (host), and Summer Sanders (host)

This "Dancing With The Stars" clone pairs C-list celebrities (e.g., Todd Bridges, Dave Coulier) with professional figure skaters (e.g., Tai Babilonia, Nancy Kerrigan) in a competition.

GENRE(S):	Reality (Competitive)
FIRST AIR DATE:	January 18, 2006

After the premiere on 1/18, the series will continue in its regular timeslot (Mondays, 8p) beginning 1/23.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

New York Post

This show is so much fun that I couldn't stop watching it. It's "Dancing with The Stars" with the possibility of dangerous leg-breaking falls. What could be bad?

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

There is something satisfying about watching difficult things performed well, especially when the point is to make it look easy, and especially when the performer is a person who might reasonably be expected to fail.

Hollywood Reporter Erik Pedersen

Combine the legions of figure skating fans with those who were swept off their feet by "Dancing With the Stars," and all signs point to a breakout hit.

LA Weekly Robert Abele

The “look what I can do” element is intrinsically enjoyable, if only because you’re waiting to see celebrity ass hitting ice.

Slate Dana Stevens

It's a silly, sweet-natured waste of time, and (unlike the tortured caterwauling of the American Idol contestants) it's utterly irresistible.

TV Guide Matt Roush

The skating is slow and rarely pretty, and it’s not live.

Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith

The result is ridiculous; but it's far more amusing than Hollywood Squares, which is where other formerly famous go to die.

Entertainment Weekly Henry Goldblatt

SWC lacks the charm of the original (Dancing With The Stars). [20 Jan 2006, p.65]

Newsday Diane Werts

Tonight's "Skating" debut glides onto the air in a weird sort of middle zone, not quite cheesy enough to skewer, yet too much a cheese-product to take seriously.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

It's a rip-off (and not a particularly well-executed one) of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

Washington Post Jose Antonio Vargas

The result is rarely funny, often humdrum, surprisingly predictable fare.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

A genius idea so diluted by imitation that it becomes hard to watch.

Variety Brian Lowry

"Fox attitude" in this genre demands that if a show's worth producing, it's worth overproducing, from the music to the faux tension to the various back stories (injuries, struggles, pain) designed to gin up drama.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

What makes a cloney-baloney reality show such as the new ''Skating With Celebrities" bearable? For me, it's the constant awareness of how ''Saturday Night Live" might milk its silliness.

The average user rating for this tv show is 5.1 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

zoro flop gave it a0:
Possibly THE worst show ever concieved. Rips off a horrible show (dancing with the stars), to make an even more despicable one. To think, Arrested Development was replaced by THIS?

c r gave it an8:
i love this show!

Jenna A gave it a0:
THis show is a take off of Dancing with the stars and Dancing with the stars is so much better

Jake gave it a0:
an absolute waste of time. The MC's voice gave me a few laughs because he sounds like a woman, and one of the judges strangely reminds me of Bilbo from LOTR.....lol, those little rosy cheeks of his! Why don't they bring back "Man versus Beast" for f***'s sake. Who could say no to a bunch of "little people" pulling a jumbo jet, LOL!

Kyleigh H gave it a0:
What the heck was Fox thinking? Having celebrities like Todd Bridges and Dave Coulier skate with professional figure skaters like Tai Babilonia and Nancy Kerrigan. I never actually watched the show, but I've seen the commercials and this looked a total waste of time. Fox, why don't you do us and the rest of the USA a favor and stop making reality figure skating shows with celebrities and stick with American Idol and Nanny 911?

Adam S gave it a2:
Somewhat fun to watch, but the judging is so screwy -- it doesn't even match up with their own comments -- that it kills the enjoyment. Sure it's entertainment not real competition but like American Idol you'd like to believe the best contestant will win.

Roger K gave it a9:
I think it is a very entertaining show. It is fun to watch the celebrities learn what must be a very difficult sport and to sometimes do very well. So what if the celebrities aren't "A-list" celebs. I never liked rating celebs that way anyway, I like who I like whether they were the hot item of the past or the current thing.

Skating With Celebrities SERIES: Fox, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)

Skating With Celebrities
SERIES: Fox, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)