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The Palins are creeping up on the Kardashians in their campaign to become the First Family of reality TV with news Friday that Bristol Palin had been cast in ABC’s fall all-star edition of “Dancing with the Stars.”

ABC plans reveal the cast for the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars” next Friday, July 27 — and since it will be an all-star edition, some very familiar names will be involved.

After a season full of injuries, record-breaking high scores and William Levy, "Dancing With the Stars" crowned its Season 14 winner: Donald Driver, Green Bay Packers wide receiver. Driver, together with his pro partner Peta Murgatroyd, wowed the audience with their show-stopping freestyle. This is the first win for Murgatroyd, who joined "Dancing With the Stars" as a featured pro last season.

After NBC dropped from first among young Monday viewers last week, "The Voice" got a bit of a finale bump and helped the network reclaim that crown. ABC still easily won Monday overall, thanks to "Dancing with the Stars" and a "Castle" finale bump.

Tonight’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC featured two routines, first a ballroom dance with the stars and their pro partners, then a second dance featuring each couple plus a third professional dancer.

We all knew it was coming, didn’t we “Dancing With the Stars” fans? The day when singer, songwriter and part-time psychic Gavin DeGraw and his partner Karina Smirnoff would have to walk the ballroom plank, be loosed from the ballroom and into the shining sea. We knew it. The judges knew it. Heck, even he knew it.

The crying started even before the elimination was revealed. When TV personality Sherri Shepherd and Disney star Roshon Fegan learned they had been left standing under the spotlights of shame (it was the first time in the bottom two for both), it was funny lady Sherri who cracked.

Melissa Gilbert wound up in the hospital on Monday night after falling during a dance; she's since Twittered that she'll be all right.

It’s a night of tears on “Dancing With the Stars,” as each celeb shares a story of the most memorable year of their lives — and in the majority of cases, break down into sobs as the camera zooms in to thoughtfully capture every emotional moment.

The judges deemed the premiere the series' "best ever," so did the stars buckle under pressure? No, but the panel didn't dish out the love either.