In this special 90 minute episode, the auditions take place over 2 days in Los Angeles, CA. The dancers perform a solo or with a partner for the producers in order to move on to the next round. The producers let several creative, attention-grabbing dancers through, regardless of how well they can actually dance. Many contestants were heavily weighed on their "likeability" for a TV show.
In the next round, the dancers are given choreography to perform in smaller groups for more talent-related judging. They are to learn a solo routine as well as a partner routine, but the first day of LA auditions put so few people through that they skip the solo routine. Several dancers are put through to Hollywood, and a few husband/wife teams are broken apart as one part of the team makes it through and the other doesn't.
On the second-season opener, The TAPS goes to New Orleans, to investigate claims of paranormal activity at "Myrtle's Plantation" They investigate such claims as: a wandering figure claimed t be the spirit of a slave, seeing children's reflections in a mirror; a Confederate soldier by the pond; and the ghost of a murdered man who died on a staircase trying to reach his wife before he died.
When a U.S. Army unit arrives in Iraq for their first tour of duty, they quickly find themselves engaged in a bloody firefight and discover the essence of who they are as soldiers. Some show more mettle in the face of death, while others become paralyzed
TONIGHT: Host of "On the Record," Bob Costas! Plus, Jon Stewart reports on the news that Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General, has brought a suit against the music industry regarding Payola - the illegal practice of record companies paying radio stations and disc jockeys to play particular songs.
