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  • FOX
  • Jan 18, 2006
  • FOX
  • Jan 18, 2006
Skating with Celebrities

Summary If you thought Dancing with the Stars was entertaining, just take a look at Skating with Celebrities, FOX's new reality competition which pits six professional figure skaters with six celebrities, whom have little to no skill in the sport. Serving as host is Olympic gold medalist and world champion figure skater Scott Hamilton. The cel...

  • FOX
  • Jan 18, 2006
  • FOX
  • Jan 18, 2006
Skating with Celebrities
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jan 18, 2006
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary If you thought Dancing with the Stars was entertaining, just take a look at Skating with Celebrities, FOX's new reality competition which pits six professional figure skaters with six celebrities, whom have little to no skill in the sport. Serving as host is Olympic gold medalist and world champion figure skater Scott Hamilton. The cel...

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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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29% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
49
21% Positive
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50% Mixed
7 Reviews
29% Negative
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75
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?
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70
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.
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60
It's a silly, sweet-natured waste of time, and (unlike the tortured caterwauling of the American Idol contestants) it's utterly irresistible.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
50
SWC lacks the charm of the original (Dancing With The Stars). [20 Jan 2006, p.65]
By Henry Goldblatt FULL REVIEW
40
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.
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
30
A genius idea so diluted by imitation that it becomes hard to watch.
By Jonathan Storm FULL REVIEW
30
"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.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

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