Ox Notes: February 12, 2009

ABC published the complete list of pairings for Dancing with the Stars 8 today:

Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough
Denise Richards & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer
Nancy O'Dell & Tony Dovolani
Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
Belinda Carlisle & Jonathan Roberts
David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson
Jewel & Dimitry Chaplin
Lil' Kim & Derek Hough
Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower
Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska
Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff

Nerds everywhere are trying to find ways to help Woz win DwtS 8.

My fellow nerds will be excited to learn that the Battlestar Galactica prequel film, Caprica, will be released on DVD on April 21. Caprica the series debuts on SciFi in 2010.

BSG's Tahmoh Penikett talked with Zap2It about his new series, Dollhouse, which debuts on FOX this Friday night at 9 ET.

The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan gave ETonline.com a sneak preview of TAR 14, which debuts Sunday night at 8 ET on CBS.

Debuting tonight at 8 ET on CBS is Survivor: Tocantins. EW filmed what happened when their writers called Jeff Probst to clarify how to correctly pronounce Tocantins.

ABC and CBS announced more pilots in the works at their networks.

Bravo is working on a spin-off of Top Chef called Top Chef Masters, which will feature famous chefs competing in Quickfire and Elimination Challenges for charity.

I'll be stunned if Eric Ripert does not appear on Top Chef Masters. He told People that Stefan is his pick to win Top Chef New York.

Bravo's website has blog posts by last night's TCNY judges and dinner guests Toby Young, Jacques Pepin, Wylie Dufresne and Susan Ungaro. There's also a Q&A with Fabio that contains gems like: "I challenge anyone to reply the potatoes of my grandma."