Thursday, December 29, 2005

DANCING WITH THE STARS Announces New Co-Host

E! Entertainment Television Correspondent Samantha Harris To Co-Host ABC´s DANCING WITH THE STARS, Premiering January 5

Together with Tom Bergeron, journalist Samantha Harris (E! NEWS) will co-host the new season of ABC´s hit variety series, DANCING WITH THE STARS, premiering Thursday, January 5 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Beginning Friday, January 6 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET), Bergeron and Harris will co-host a live half-hour results show in which the combined scores of the audience and judges are announced and one couple is eliminated.

A seasoned journalist, Harris is a correspondent with E! Entertainment Television´s E! NEWS and THS INVESTIGATES. She has served as host for a number of entertainment and news programs, including EXTRA, Fox´s THE NEXT JOE MILLIONAIRE and AMC ACCESS. Her acting credits include roles in such films as DISNEY´S D3: THE MIGHTY DUCKS, GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE and BEAUTIFUL. A few of her television credits include SURVIVING GILLIGAN´S ISLAND and CSI.