News, episode reviews and commentary for So You Think You Can Dance

The stepper steps down, a ballerina bows out on ‘SYTYCD’ … and this time there are some pretty spectacular routines to ogle.

On the one hand, I didn’t enjoy most of the routines this episode. On the other, I found myself strangely connected with one performer I never liked. Go figure.

Baseball led the way on broadcast and cable last week, taking a bit of the shine off of premieres for ‘The Closer’, ‘Perception’, ‘Covert Affairs’, ‘White Collar’, and ‘NY Med’.

The competition is already in high gear on the first ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ performance show of the season, and with talent of such high caliber, it’s going to be tough to send anyone home next week.

FX had the big story on cable with the premiere of Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’, but it was surprisingly upstaged in the viewer department by ‘Good Luck Charlie’. On the broadcast networks, NBC got the Olympic machine fired up a little early.

We get the much-anticipated news of who made it, who did not on ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’ Not too many surprises but, once we’re in the thick of the competition, that will all change. Meanwhile: Who made it?

TNT was the big story on cable with the premiere of ‘Falling Skies’. On the broadcast networks, everything again took a back seat to the NBA Finals.