The new season of Dancing with the Stars premiered last night. Two hours of the men dancing, to be followed tonight by two more hours of the women dancing. It’s a LOT of bad dancing so far.

I’ll be co-recapping the show over at The Disney Blog; I’m starting out this week (you can read the first night recap already) with the Monday and Tuesday episodes. Alternating weekly with me will be the lovely The Disney Chick, and I think we’ll get along just fine. Her snark levels appear to be nice and high.

I just watched the 2-hour premiere of America’s Next Top Model. This season, the contestants can be no taller than 5’7″. Thank goodness, it appears that crazy doesn’t discriminate.

Unfortunately, the most insane girl, a weird jesus freak, dropped out. But we still have the strangely quiet girl, the angry girl, the hick, the girl with the broken foot, and a passel of other tiny lovelies. The most startling thing so far is that Tyra looks like a frightening monster next to these girls. It’s like seeing a beautiful Hagrid next to the little Hogwarts students.

It does disturb me that Tyra keeps calling these girls “petite”. I don’t know that I’d call a 5’7″ girl “petite”, since petite fashion is for chicks under 5’3″. But I’ll still watch.

We also had the first audition episode of So You Think You Can Dance this week. It would appear that tap dancers are going to bring it this year. I’ll be rooting for Ryan Kasprzak.

Coming up in the next three weeks: The Biggest Loser, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Next Iron Chef, and probably more. Not to mention the scripted shows. And the reality shows already in full swing, like Project Runway, Hell’s Kitchen, and Top Chef: Las Vegas. Some would say it’s too much TV. I say, bring it on.

Here’s a LOLcat that actually made me laugh out loud. Which rarely happens.

Of all of you out there watching Dancing with the Stars, is there anyone else who dislikes Cloris Leachman? I feel like I’m in the minority here — the reality round-up I read has an author who’s all, Cloris is still in it! Yay! I just find her irritating, and desperately trying to amuse us, and there’s just no joy in her for me whatsover.

I’m meeting up with some Comedy Warehouse folk this afternoon at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Most countries also have beer, however. Which is good for us wine-haters.

We took a videogame break from shooting people in Venezuela (yay, Mercenaries 2!) so that I could go shoot people in Rapture (yay, Bioshock!) for a while. I upped the difficulty to medium, which is a first for me in FPS games. Usually I’m all about the easy. The game is awesome as ever, and even more awesome with all the lights out. If I finish up Rapture too quickly, I may then go run around Whispering Rock Summer Camp (yay, Psychonauts!) for a while.

You know it’s a busy week, when I can’t see a reality show until several days after it’s aired. Today I got to catch up on the first three episodes of Dancing with the Stars. Here are my thoughts so far:

Lance Bass: I think he’ll do well. Not only does he have his own fanbase, but his professional partner, Lacey Schwimmer, probably still has her own fans from So You Think You Can Dance. I know I certainly like her.

Toni Braxton: I’m ambivalent on her. She gets kudos for fighting the heart problems, but I’m not a fan of her music or anything.

Brooke Burke: nobody should be allowed to look this good so soon after having a baby. She’s off to a strong start, but I have a sneaking suspicion she’ll be one of those who doesn’t improve too much, and everyone else zooms past her.

Rocco DiSpirito: I’m so glad he did better the second night, because for me, he’s the most attractive contestant this season. And I likes me some eye candy. It’s amazing that he’s a better showman, with more charm, right out of the gate than many of the seasoned entertainers.

Maurice Greene: I’m not that big on Olympians. He’ll do well, but won’t win.

Kim Kardashian: okay, I don’t get the deal with these Kardashians. Every time I see an ad for their reality show, I think of them as Cardassians, and I don’t get what their show is about. One of them is a Playboy playmate or something? Are they models? At any rate, she seems like an incredibly bland prettygirl, and should have been eliminated on the second night.

Cloris Leachman: I’m sure some find her inspiring and adorable, but I’m finding her irritating as hell. Of course, she’ll stay in way longer than she should.

Cody Linley: he seems like a nice kid. I don’t watch the Hannah Montana, but I have to support the ABC/Disney brother-man. Or brother-boy, as the case may be. Another one who will do well, and grow quite a bit, but won’t win.

Susan Lucci: I was really looking forward to her. I watched All My Children religiously through college — it’s my mom’s favorite soap, and I’ve seen it since I was born. She’s not dancing very gracefully, but she’s cracking me up. Every time she speaks, it’s like a Jennifer Coolidge character come to life. Can anyone really be that smiley and vacuous? Clearly, they can.

Misti May-Treanor: seems like a nice girl, but her face looks really weird. Again, an Olympian, so I’m very ambivalent about her.

Ted McGinley: I guess it’s good that he went home on the second night, so he can’t kill this show like he’s killed every other show he’s ever been on. But he seemed to really enjoy his time there, and it’s always nice to see a down-to-earth celebrity who just appears delighted to be a part of the program.

Jeff Ross: roastmaster douchebag. Unfunny, jerky, and won’t be missed. Good riddance.

Warren Sapp: he moves surprisingly well for being such a large man. I usually don’t put my support behind the football players, but he seems to be having a genuinely fun time on the show, so I find no fault with him. Though he totally won’t win.

I have no clear favorite for a winner right now. There are a number of people who could certainly improve enough, and get less nervous, and really rock the socks off of this show.