Blogcritics On Fox’s Skating With Celebrities

Though the mean-spirited might refer to it as Avoiding Injury With the Vaguely Familiar, the show Skating With Celebrities — not uncoincidentally timed with the Torino Winter Olympics — has found an audience among the skate-crazy and/or sadistic as six figure skating professionals including Nancy Kerrigan and Tai Babilonia attempt to turn six celebs of varying notoriety into functional skating partners. Scott Hamilton and Summer Sanders host, and the Paula Abdul of the ice, Dorothy Hamill, is a judge.

Patfish is faithfully following the action on the ice:

TV Review: Skating With Celebrities – Kristy and Jillian
Two left, both ladies, both very good. The “Death Spiral” couldn’t save Bruce.
Posted to Video by Patfish on February 19, 2006 10:49 AM

TV Review: Skating With Celebrities – Three Teams Left
The team eliminated was better than one that wasn’t. And now I understand why I like this series.
Posted to Video by Patfish on February 12, 2006 10:41 AM

TV Review: Skating With Celebrities- Four Left
Will Nancy Kerrigan pull it through? Could Bruce Jenner possibly win? Does Jillian Barberie have it locked up?
Posted to Video by Patfish on February 5, 2006 10:18 AM

TV Review: Fox’s Skating With Celebrities-the Second Night
The celebrities continue to skate. One takes the lead and keeps it. The terrible happens. One falls down.
Posted to Video by Patfish on January 29, 2006 05:35 PM

TV Review: Skating With the Stars
Now it’s Skating With Celebrities. I was game. Surprise, the professional skaters are more celebrated than the “celebrities.” Heh.
Posted to Video by Patfish on January 22, 2006 01:40 PM

TV Review: Skating With Celebrities = Trainwrecks On Ice
Several once-famous, semi-celebs willing to risk obvious humiliation for a chance to get back into the limelight.
Posted to Video by trinket on January 19, 2006 11:25 AM

First Dancing With The Stars And Now This: FOX Announces Skating With Celebrities
FOX has decided to continue their raiding of ABC’s reality shows for ideas. After doing their own versions of Supernanny (Nanny 911), Wife Swap (Trading Spouses), and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Renovate My Family), the network now sees…
Posted to Video by Sterfish on September 6, 2005 06:51 PM