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On Tonight: The Voice, Dancing with the Stars and Smash

Here are some Monday night TV tips.

The Voice, 8 p.m., NBC

Good heavens! Tonight, two contestants face instant elimination – by whom I am not sure – as Blak’s and Christina’s remaining singers perform again. How great was Adam On His Soapbox on last week’s elimination show? So great. Dude is quite the orator.

Dancing With The Stars, 8 p.m., ABC

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So apparently there is a Spanish soap star competing this year with Cheryl Burke who makes Giles Marini look like Ralph Kramden. I have to admit I have not been watching, and have been using YouTube to stay caught up. Ladies?

Smash, 10 p.m., NBC

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There was a great article in Entertainment Weekly about shows that start with an awesome premise and then cannot maintain it, and Smash was one of the shows mentioned, and they are exactly right. I stoppped being interested halfway through the third episode, and to me it became a dull melodrama with some Broadway songs in it (and you know how I feel about Broadway songs).


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