The TV Zone

GACK!! This is what "Dancing with the Stars" has wrought:

"Secret Talents of the Stars"

Tuesday, April 8 at 10.

On CBS (which is kinda treading water on Tuesdays, so this rabbit comes outta the hat.)

The news on this show broke during the writers strike, when about 6,000 other reality shows were announced. I kinda hoped CBS had forgotten about it. But they didn't. Details were out this morning:

Let's shorthand this for you. Marla Maples doing gymnastics.

Does that say it all?

Okay, howabout George Takei singing country.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on bass guitar.

Joe Frazier as an R&B singer.

Danny Bonaduce (oh you just KNOW he had to be in this one) on a unicycle.

Clint Black doing stand-up.

Mya doing tap dance...

I could go on. But why bother. You'll watch. You can't help yourself.

There will be a bunch of other celebrities who didn't get invited to "Dancing with the Stars" doing a bunch of other stuff that you might not normally associate them with, and then viewers during this seven-week sillyfest will vote on who they think does whatever it is they do best, and we'll end up with two finalists, and then sometime in May, a winner will be crowned, and if ratings are REALLY big, then I'll be forced to write a "news" story for the Newsday.

Thanks "DWTS."