ESPN’s Kenny Mayne on why he was selected for "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, Jan 5, 8pm): "Urkel pulled out at the last minute." Another cable tie, one of the celeb contestants is wrestler Stacy Keebler, WWE’s reigning ‘babe of the year.’ Keebler was 1 of 3 grapplers WWE wanted to attend sessions at last summer’s CTAM Summit until, you remember, CTAM scotched the idea (Cfax, 7/12).

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