‘Dancing with the Stars’: Kim Kardashian is sent back to her reality show

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Well, that answers one question: Cloris Leachman has more fans than Kim Kardashian. To be fair, of course, Cloris has been in 10 zillion movies and television shows, while Kim has only been in one reality series and a sex tape, so I suppose it’s only natural that Cloris has more fans. Or maybe the AARP rigged the whole thing.

For this week’s filler, Jessica Simpson performed two songs and wore a drapey one-shouldered dress. I hope she feels better off without that John Mayer, particularly after how he acted with Jennifer Aniston. I think the new country style is working well for Jessica, though it isn’t my cup of tea. The only song I have room for in my brain is the ‘DWTS’ theme song, which plays incessantly as I try to fall asleep.

The first Macy’s Stars of Dance performance this season was a high-energy, high-concept number featuring a former Pussycat Doll and Jenna Dewan. The dancers wore outfits with glow-in-the-dark accessories, and there were some nice lighting effects as well. At the dance’s conclusion, I had the urge to cry out, ‘Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!’

Tonight, we also learned that judges Bruno and Len film two nights of competition and results in the U.S. and then immediately jet off to London, where they do another two nights. And then they fly back to Los Angeles. I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Also, I don’t like flying. But I do like going places. You see the conflict inherent in all of this. In addition, it was revealed that the ‘red room’ -- i.e., the backstage area where Samantha Harris conducts her probing interviews -- is where Warren Sapp uses a portable fan to keep cool, Rocco DiSpirito obsessively checks his phone and Cloris keeps everyone on their toes since no one knows what she’ll do next. And we get at least one more week of her, so tune in on Monday for the next round of dancing.

-- Sarah Rogers

(Photo of Kim Kardashian courtesy ABC)