Dancing With The Stars: Jake Pavelka's Dancing Career Ends In Tears

I am finding I don't watch the Dancing with the Stars elimination show. I let the DVR record enough of American Idol so that I can watch it til there is enough of LOST recorded to watch LOST with the fast forward through commercials ability enabled.

When I go to watch LOST I find that the recording starts with the ending of DWTS.

Last night when I started to watch LOST I was pleased to see that Jake Pavelka was this week's Dancing "Star" to get eliminated.

I did not care for Jake Pavelka when I first made his acquaintance. My dislike for him was cemented the first time I saw him cry, well, actually sob, after he returned to The Bachelorette to tell Jillian that Wes was a Bad Boy.

I did a lot of fast forwarding through Jake being The Bachelor. I am sure I missed some crying incidents, but managed to see a couple.

So, last night it was no huge shock to me to see that being eliminated from Dancing with the Stars had Jake in tears again.

Part of the crying might be due to be sad that his run of reality show bucks may have now run out and he now needs to try and find a new pilot job. The pay on The Bachelor and DWTS was far in excess of what Jake makes piloting. Or so I have read.

Maybe Jake will get a hefty offer from ABC for the rights to film the wedding of Jake and Vienna. Then again, with Jake being voted off by the house fraus who vote on DWTS it may finally be realized this is not a guy who is all that well liked by the viewers. I was surprised the overly earnest guy kept dancing as long as he did.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for April 19 - 25

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for April 19 - April 25. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Season avg. rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.	3	Dancing With the Stars	ABC	21.1	19.6
2.	1	American Idol (Tues.)	Fox	19.7	25.6
3.	2	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	18.8	23.9
4.	7	The Mentalist	CBS	15.0	16.8
5.	10	Dancing With the Stars Results	ABC	13.6	15.5
6.	8	CSI	CBS	13.4	15.8
7.	49	Glee	Fox	13.0	8.6
8.	17	Survivor: Heroes	CBS	11.9	13.4
9.	21	CSI: Miami	CBS	11.7	12.8
*	14	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	11.7	14.2
11.	17	60 Minutes	CBS	11.4	13.5
*	12	Two and a Half Men	CBS	11.4	14.8
13.	15	Desperate Housewives	ABC	11.3	14.0
14.	23	House	Fox	10.8	12.6
15.	32	Romantically Challenged	ABC	10.7	10.7
16.	27	Amazing Race	CBS	10.6	11.1
17.	33	Castle	ABC	10.4	10.4
18.	8	NCIS: Los Angeles (rpeat)	CBS	10.3	15.7
19.	5	NCIS (repeat)	CBS	10.0	18.9
20.	27	Lost	ABC	9.5	11.9

The Real Housewives of New York City: Secrets of a Jewish Mother---Jill Zarin is Mentally Ill & Mother Gloria is Nuts Too

The latest iteration of the Real Housewives of New York City has been, I dunno, well, strange.

Most of the strangeness is brought courtesy of Jill Zarin. It's like all the characters have had, to some degree, character alterations.

Simon and Alex now seem nice and normal. Kelly now seems harmless and, at times, amusing. Ramona's bi-polar mood swings are amusing, even when she is being a mean girl. LuAnn really has become countless in more ways than one. Bethenny still seems the same.

But Jill. She seems to be mentally ill. Her Bethenny obsession with the enabling by LuAnn is so off-putting. And has off put the viewers, with the result that Jill Zarin's Facebook page, Twitter account and Bravo blog are overwhelmed with viewer's giving her a well-deserved bitch slapping.

I have been victim of a toxic person like Jill. It is not pleasant. Having been a toxic person victim it makes it difficult to watch Jill, at times.

When we first met Jill's mother, Gloria Kamen, Gloria seemed innocuous enough, just a nice old Jewish lady. But, we have now seen enough of Gloria to suspect Gloria's mothering is likely why Jill is such a mixed up mentally ill mess. Gloria really annoys me, she's looks like a re-animated cadaver. An unpleasant re-animated cadaver.

The idea that Gloria, along with Jill's sister, Lisa Wexler published a book titled "Secrets of a Jewish Mother: Real Advice, Real Stories, Real Love."

The book quickly tanked and is now being sold on Amazon at a steep discount.

From previews and the press it seems newly married, pregnant Bethenny realizes what a toxic poison her friendship with Jill Zarin was and that she is much better off rid of her. It is hard to get rid of a toxic person. They can haunt you like a nasty ghost.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for April 12 - April 18

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for April 12 - April 18. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Season rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.	1.	American Idol (Tues.)	Fox	21.0	25.7
2.	2.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	20.6	24.5
*	3.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	20.6	24.5
4.	51.	Glee	Fox	13.7	8.3
*	12.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	13.7	14.9
6.	10.	Dancing Results	ABC	13.6	15.6
7.	14.	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	13.4	14.3
8.	8.	CSI	CBS	13.2	15.8
9.	-	ACM Awards	CBS	13.0	-
10.	34.	Castle	ABC	12.7	10.3
11.	16.	Criminal Minds	CBS	12.4	13.8
12.	18.	Survivor: Heroes	CBS	12.3	13.5
13.	7.	The Mentalist	CBS	11.5	16.8
14.	4.	NCIS	CBS	11.1	19.2
15.	16.	60 Minutes	CBS	11.0	13.6
16.	23.	CSI: NY	CBS	10.9	12.7
17.	21.	CSI: Miami	CBS	10.8	12.7
*	23.	House	Fox	10.8	12.7
19.	15.	Desperate Housewives	ABC	10.6	14.2
20.	28.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	10.4	15.8

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains--Episode 9, Courtney Out, JT Gives Russell the Idol

Well, when this latest iteration of Survivor started up I was not all that enamored of yet one more All-Star type version. With so many people wanting the chance to be on Survivor, letting some back on for their 3rd time, just seemed wrong.

However, the Heroes vs. Villains have turned out to be quite entertaining.

I sort of figured that the previews were likely edited misdirection and that the Hero JT would not actually give the Villain, Russell, his Hidden Immunity Idol.

I was wrong.

And it all turned out to be funnier than anticipated. Once the Heroes' tribe was convinced by JT that giving Russell the Idol was a good move, remarks were made about them making Survivor History.

They ended up being correct about that, but not in the way they were hoping.

Then again, maybe, somehow, giving Russell JT's Hidden Immunity Idol will work in the Heroes favor. I somehow doubt it.

Amanda tried to warn the Heroes that they really did not know what was going on on the Villains Tribe, that their assumption that an All Girl Alliance was taking out the Boys might be all wrong, that for all they know Russell is in charge. They should have listened to Amanda.

The pass off to Russell of the Hidden Immunity Idol seemed very odd. Almost staged. First off, we had Colby and Russell the last out in the water on floating docks. So, Colby was able to tell Russell to go to JT after the Heroes won the Immunity Challenge so JT could give him something.

Russell was quite pleased, as well he should be, that Hidden Immunity Idols keep falling into his lap, with little effort. In the post Hero win celebration, JT easily slipped Russell the Idol, along with a very long note, which later Parvati read to Russell, along with amusing embellishments.

My favorite part of the note to Russell was in addition to all the precise instructions, was the last one, which told Russell to destroy the note after reading it. Like the Survivor version of Mission Impossible.

What Russell did not know, because his ally, the sneaky self-proclaimed Queen of the Jungle, Parvati, did not tell him, was that Parvati had discovered a Hidden Immunity Idol Clue in her napkin while at the bizarre beachside Outback Steakhouse. Later, with Russell on the prowl, but not suspecting the girls were up to anything, Parvati and Danielle found the Hidden Immunity Idol.

So, now Russell's Girl Alliance has 2 Immunity Idols. While the Heroes now have none. Thanks to JT.

Next week looks fun. After the tribes merge, Sandra spills the beans to Rupert about the myth of the Villains' All Girl Alliance.

American Idol: 9 Finalists Manage to Make Elvis Boring With Adam Lambert's Help

Some are saying it was yet one more American Idol Jump the Shark moment for last year's runner up to be mentoring this year's American Idol Final 9, from a stage in Las Vegas.

I don't agree. I thought Adam Lambert gave good advice. However, it seemed he was ignored, for the most part.

In the view in this screencap, Adam Lambert is managing to look like Elvis.

However, the closeup, from the front view, was sort of an un-Elvis look, with way too much makeup, painted fingernails and earrings. I really think Adam Lambert would do himself a favor if he adopted a more natural look.

When Ryan Seacrest said it would be Elvis songs this week, I thought, well, this should be a bit more entertaining than what we've seen so far. I was wrong.

Crystal Bowersox was first up, singing Saved. Another Elvis song I had never heard. I did not care for it, but, of course, the judges gushed.

How can the energy be sucked out of the Elvis classic, You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog? Last night we learned that was totally possible via Andrew Garcia.

Others fared almost as poorly.

Siobhan Magnus really has worn out her welcome with me. She pretty much wreaked havoc with Suspicious Minds.

The guy who got the Judges' Save last week, Michael Lynche, sang In The Ghetto. Dull.

Casey James had the sweet spot, also known as the pimp spot, that being the last to sing. Casey sang Lawdy Miss Clawdy. He didn't suck the life out of it, like was done to Hound Dog, but there sure was not a lot of Elvis-like life apparent.

As far as I know I'd never heard the Elvis song Katie Stevens unmemorably sang, Baby What Do You Want Me to Do. She moved awkwardly around the stage.

Aaron Kelly sang Blue Suede Shoes. And was quite animated while doing so, dancing around the stage, being an Elvis-like performer. Compared to most of the others, it was entertaining. Of course the judges hated it, with Cowell using the tired Karaoke critique.

That leaves Tim Urban and Lee DeWyze.

Turban sang I Can't Help Falling in Love, while sitting and strumming the guitar. I thought he did fine, as did the judges, with Simon Cowell saying Tim had gone from "Zero to Hero." With all the money Cowell makes, he really needs to hire someone to write him some fresh cliches.

And then the best of the night, to my tone-deaf ears, Lee DeWyze, singing A Little Less Conversation. Lee came the closest to Elvis rocking it, or so it seemed to me.

So, two will be sent home tonight. I'm guessing it will be Andrew Garcia and either Katie Stevens, Michael Lynche or Siobhan Magnus.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for April 5 - April 11

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for April 5 - April 11. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Season rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.		NCAA Basketball Championship	CBS	23.9	-
2.	4	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	21.2	19.3
3.	1	American Idol (Tues.)	Fox	20.8	25.9
4.	2	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	20.2	24.7
5.	3	NCIS	CBS	16.4	19.4
6.	7	The Mentalist	CBS	16.3	16.9
7.	16	60 Minutes	CBS	15.0	13.7
*	9	CSI	CBS	15.0	13.7
9.	6	Undercover Boss	CBS	14.7	17.6
10.	8	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	13.8	16.0
11.	16	Criminal Minds	CBS	12.7	13.8
12.	9	Dancing with the Stars Results	ABC	12.4	13.4
*	19	Survivor: Heroes & Villians	CBS	12.4	13.4
14.	21	The Good Wife	CBS	12.1	13.0
15.	30	Amazing Race	CBS	11.9	11.1
16.	35	Castle	ABC	11.7	10.2
17.	22	CSI: NY	CBS	10.6	12.7
18	32	Bones	Fox	10.0	10.4
19.	37	Cold Case	CBS	9.9	9.8
20.	27	Lost	ABC	9.5	12.0