I've seen commercials for this Lifetime series but hadn't watched. I was up late on Wednesday and finally caught an episode. It's interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku576pW5DSE

It's like Real Housewives (kind of fun) combined with Toddlers and Tiaras and Beyond Scared Straight (kind of disturbing). There's the weird, tense dynamic between the moms, cliques - and then there's the crazy, mean, and kind of evil dance teacher. She's talented but crazy, mean and evil. The parents sometimes stand up to her but they keep on coming back.

Nervous mom, whose kid is on "probation," to teacher: We bought you a gift for allowing [insert kids name] to train under you.

Other Moms roll their eyes as teacher opens the Chanel perfume.

One Mom about the gift to camera: She should have gotten her a membership to Weight Watchers, it would have gone a much longer way.

Oh my God that's hilarious.

This one had me ROLLING.

Kate Gosselin circa 2008. Even she doesnt look like that anymore!

Haha YES! Cathy's hair is AWFUL.

Those are cute! They really go in on Melissa. Good.

Everyone still watching?

I feel like more recent episodes have been very choppy with the editing. Either they have SO much footage they can't compact it all into single episodes, or they're manipulating what we're seeing and the soundbytes we're hearing to make it seem more dramatic than it really was in person.

Like the argument against Leslie towards the end was incredibly choppy. Leslie is suddenly crying, Abby is randomly chastizing her "Save the tears for your pillow!" and seeming to side with the other dance moms. But then after the awards are given out and they're back in the dressing room, Abby says "You drove away Cathy, you drove away Jill, now you're trying to drive away Leslie." and was on Leslie's side. Um, didn't we see just see her screaming at Leslie and seemingly siding with Christi/Kelly? It was all very choppy and confusing.

The argument at Kelly's house of Christi vs. Leslie was also choppy. We see/hear nothing but quick remarks, quick glances of the stink eye they're giving each other, and then Leslie storms out.... What?

I'm not sure why we saw Cathy on last night's show. Her one scene added nothing other than to let us know that 900-number Jill left her studio. Oh well.

I love this show, but I'm not all excited about seeing it any more, because it's gotten way too manufactured and manipulated in the storyline set-ups and the poor, choppy editing.

Edited July 18, 201213 yr by Gray Bunny

Im still watching. Cathy finally got a haircut! She looks so much better

LOL...Abby Logic

Cant believe Abby put Nia on tp of the pyramid, two weeks in a row! Good for Nia

Christi calling Melissa out on having an affair with her boss in front of everyone and on camera? Wow. That was explosive

They added a new mom and OMG, this bitch.....LOL. I love her already.She's a single lesbian mother of 4 kids and she dont take sh-t. She is so the opposite of the other moms and I ust see them clashing from here on out. The producers clearly only put her on for ratings bc I cant see Abby just walk in there and be a part of the group. Well technically she isnt yet, but you get it. Holly better put pressure on Nia to step it up so this new girl doesnt steal her thunder

And..... Kaya's gone. No surprise there. That was clearly the producer's ideas.I liked this show so much better the first season when it didn't seem so scripted. And it was edited better.

So after all of her moaning & groaning, Jill Kendall is finally back on the team and we don't get to see Jill praise the high heavens at the news?

OMG, they added a reunion to this season and previews make it look like the Real Housewives! Should be good

OMG, they added a reunion to this season and previews make it look like the Real Housewives! Should be good

I know! Looks awesome. Hope it's edited better and not choppy. I wonder how many times Melissa will start convulsing like a malfunctioning robot and storm off the set because she doesn't want to talk about her personal life.

The reunion was GREAT! But I hope Kelly does return.

I was shocked to see Melissa and the girls talk about how they are friends outside of the show, which is shocking bc they seem to not stand her and she doesnt seem to want to do much with them, not to mention all the nasty words thrown around

LOL at the host setting the moms up by getting them to badmouth Cathy and then goes "well Cathy, come on out!"

Kaya's on next time! Shocking considering she was never really a dance mom and only had one episode without even an exit. She calling Christy a bitch looks like its gonna be fun. BTW, Soapboy, what did you think of her?

meh was my thoughts on part 1. the real housewives reunions have spoiled me. and the basketball wives too. thats some [!@#$%^&*] right there. this was so basic.

I agree, it wasn't shocking or revealing. I'm glad Melissa was more open about the status of her boyfriend/fiance's marital status and the reason why she wanted to keep mum. Everything else was pretty much rehashing what we already know.

It's still kinda too choppy of editing; they need to learn from the Real Housewives editors on how to piece together these things.

It's funny how we got true, honest accounts of how this show is produced when Abby (and Cathy!) were on the short-lived Rosie O'Donnell talk show, then have to hear them say the fake truth on the reunion show. Like for instance, Abby revealed on Rosie that the producers make her do the infamous pyramid; she didn't do that in her classes before the show started. It's also the producers that make the mothers stay for all the practices 24/7; that's not Abby's rules.

I wonder if Holly quit her job to literally be a "full time Dance Mom". Surely they can't be doing this TV show for free, with Lifetime raking in all the money? Lord knows Abby is probably demanding a hefty salary for her upcoming dance competition show.