Dance Moms recaps from Channel Guide Magazine

Dance Moms Season 5 episode 5 recap: Putting the “abby” in “crabby”

February 3, 2015 Lori Acken

Well, Dance Moms nation, after more than a year of yammering about it to varying degrees, we are finally in L.A. You know, where people go to become stars. After revisiting why Holly and Jill might be leery of making this move, we head for a strip mall containing a studio that, it turns out, is not Abby Lee’s. ALDC-LA is, it seems, still a work in progress. Turns out the rent-a-studio is also home to The Rage Dance Company, whose bubbly, bottle-blond coach, Tiffany, sounds a lot like Yvette “You gotta risk it for the biscuit!” Walts. Lots and […]

Dance Moms recap Season 5 Episode 4: What’s My Age Again?

January 27, 2015 Lori Acken

Déjà vu all over again, Dance Moms faithful. Jojo’s back. Kalani’s back. I’m back. We’re going back to Woodbridge, VA. Anybody else besides me starting to tick off how fast the years are going by not by our own birthdays but by how quickly we return to Virginia? And New Jersey. And Ohio. Oh please let us return to Ohio. If I have to come back to this, so do you, Cathy Nesbitt-Stein. We start out with Abby sporting some serious Something About Mary bangs … …and then with some pretty tough news. Nia’s Grandpa Frazier is on borrowed time […]

Dance Moms Season 5 premiere recap: The (freak) show must go on …

January 7, 2015 Lori Acken

Yeeeeesssss, Dance Moms faithful, I’m back, lured by the prospect of Christi and Kelly’s revenge … and the fact that your new Dance Moms recap mommy Katy LaFond will take over next week. We begin Season 5 on a hyper perky note with the girls super squealy about returning to the ALDC and a super squealy Abby Lee. Who, it appears, is down a good 40 pounds. Maybe more. I’m bad at that sort of thing. How ever many pounds it is, Jill says it’s too many and we have to fatten our fearsome leader back up. Nobody likes a skinny Santa … er, […]

Dance Moms Season 5 preview: Check out these seek peek videos from Tuesday’s premiere!

January 5, 2015 Lori Acken

So many questions, Dance Moms nation, as Season 5 premieres tomorrow night at 9/8CT. Is Abby moving to L.A.? Is everyone moving to L.A.? Is the Select team still part of the picture in any incarnation? Are Chloe and Christi really gone from the ALDC this time? I mean really really? Contracts-be-damned really? And what is the current headcount on the folks who are suing Abby? You could wait for the premiere for answers — or you could check out these clips from Dance Moms Season 5 episode 1, “99 Problems But a Mom Ain’t One.” If you’re still wondering if Abby truly […]

Dance Moms Season 5 premieres with two-hour event

December 29, 2014 Lori Acken

Could it be the revenge of Kelly and Christi is finally upon us? In the preview clip for the Jan. 6 season 5 premiere of Lifetime’s once-mighty Dance Moms, just four of the series’ original dancers — Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler, Nia Frazier and Kendall Vertes — appear in the studio, and Kendall’s mom Jill forewarns of former Dance Moms Christi Lukasiak and Kelly Hyland’s plan to “destroy the ALDC.” Even the splashy graphics announce that ABBY’S EMPIRE IS FALLING APART! But first, let’s have a little Girl Talk. Part Two. Before the Season 5 premiere episode — pointedly titled “99 Problems But A […]

Raising Asia Season 1 Finale Recap: No Going Back Now

September 9, 2014 StayTuned Staff

Raising Asia Season 1 comes to a close tonight, we pick up a week before Asia’s big performance at Universal City Walk. Everyone can agree that it’s usually Kristie who is freaking out and micromanaging things as it gets closer to the time of a performance — or, you know, just in general. However, while at rehearsals with Anthony, it seems that the roles have really switched and Shawn is the one panicking. He’s worried things won’t be ready in time for the big day, which can’t happen since this performance is so critical for Asia’s career. In order to […]

Asia Monet Ray and Kristie Ray: “That’s how we became Raising Asia”

September 5, 2014 StayTuned Staff

It’s no secret that Lifetime has become infamous for their reality television shows dealing with dancing. Shows such as Dance Moms, Bring It! and Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition have attracted huge numbers of fans around the world over the years. The network’s newest dance-related show Raising Asia follows former Dance Moms star Asia Monet Ray and her family as Asia continues to build her career. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Asia herself along with her mother Kristie to talk about Raising Asia and we can expect next from its pint-sized star. A little background on Asia, first. Some may think that she simply […]

Raising Asia Recap Episodes 10 & 11: United Until the End?

September 3, 2014 StayTuned Staff

This week’s Raising Asia starts right where last week left off — at the Pride Fest in Long Beach. Shawn once again has to warn someone on Asia’s team that they may not be on the team for much longer. This time he threatens Anthony for the stunt he pulled with Billy’s music. Shawn made it clear that he didn’t want Anthony messing with the music yet Anthony couldn’t help himself. Shawn also makes it clear that he knows what direction he wants his daughter to move in and it’s not the same direction Anthony’s thinking. Another performance opportunity comes […]

Raising Asia Recap Episodes 8 and 9: Blood, Sweat and Tears

August 27, 2014 StayTuned Staff

This week on Raising Asia, it’s Asia’s big debut performance of her new single at Planet Hollywood. Things are a bit tense (but when aren’t they?) because Shawn has to fly to Dallas for work and miss Asia’s performance. He makes sure to remind Billy what they talked about beforehand about him possibly losing his manager position. If this Planet Hollywood performance isn’t perfect then, it’ll be the last performance he’ll work on with Asia. Adding to what seems to be a never-ending battle between Anthony and Billy, Anthony comes up right before the show with some great news. He […]

Raising Asia Recap Episodes 6 and 7: Who Wears the Pants?

August 20, 2014 StayTuned Staff

This week on Raising Asia the battle between Anthony and Billy rages on. Since Billy is Asia’s manager (along with his other 20 roles), he books Asia to perform at an upcoming artist’s album release party. The artist is named Dario and, like Anthony, I have no idea who he is. Which makes me wonder even more why Kristie would allow her daughter — the next Beyoncé — to perform as an opening act for someone no one has heard of? Hmm… In case we forgot how much of a control freak Kristie is, let’s go over exactly what she […]