daniel macpherson

We’re Not Saying Daniel MacPherson Killed ‘Dancing With The Stars’…

9:43AM Clem Bastow | …But if Channel Seven were hoping that installing MacPherson in the recently departed Daryl Somers’ vacated role and moving the show to Sunday night (to compete with Idol’s biggest night of the week, natch), it looks as though their logic may have been a little fuzzy. After blitzing viewers with portentous After The Olympics™ promos throughout the Beijing Games, Seven probably thought everyone would tune, en masse, to Dancing come Sunday night like a bunch of bogo-pogo-obsessed Stepford residents. The result was not quite what they’d hoped for: [T]he one-time mega hit fell back into average-ville with Sunday night’s loudest ratings thud. More »

Daniel MacPherson Is The New ‘Dancing’ Host; Somewhere, Larry Emdur Cries Quietly

12:10PM Clem Bastow | After praying to God/Buddha/Gary Ablett that either Larry Emdur or Andrew O’Keefe (or, indeed, Tina Sparkle) would get the Dancing With The Stars hosting gig in Daryl Somers’ stead, the show has casually slipped itself back into the irrelevance folder (in the Defamer Australia household, at least) by announcing Daniel MacPherson as the host. We’re so… whelmed that we’ll let Daniel do the talking, and isn’t this the most spontaneous and self-effacing quote you’ve ever read in your life: “Professionally I thrive on challenges. For me, live TV is sort of the pinnacle of entertainment. You risk so much. You risk your personal and professional reputation every time you go out there, particularly in a vehicle that’s as huge as Dancing.” Only last month MacPherson spoke of his disinterest in hosting a television series after The X Factor bombed in 2005. “Drama has always been my true goal … Nah, I can’t see myself hosting in the near future,” he said in July. Oh good! Can’t see yourself hosting, can you? Neither can we! And while you’re at it, get your hands off our Tina Sparkle, please. Back to lighting candles in the vain hope that The Late Andrew O’Keefe will be greenlit, then. More »