On Sunday, October 7, 2012 4:13:22 PM UTC-4, Karolina Dean...Big money STILL weaves a mighty web... wrote:
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http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2012/10/06/ABC-picks-up-celebrity-diving-show/UPI-44061349544795/?spt=hs&or=en
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> NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- ABC-TV said it has picked up a reality show
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> based on the Netherlands hit "Celebrity Splash," in which celebrities
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> are taught complicated dives.
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> The show has been a success in the Netherlands, tripling the ratings
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> average of Dutch broadcaster SBS 6 and collecting a 26.5 percent
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> market share since its August premiere, The Hollywood Reporter
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> The format had already been sold to broadcasters in Britain, France
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> and Australia, the entertainment industry publication said.
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> As part of the show, celebrities train with professional diving
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> instructors for weeks to perfect dives from as high as 10-meter high
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> boards, incorporating backflips, somersaults and other gymnastic
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> maneuvers.
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> An air date for the Eyeworks USA-produced show has not been set.