Get This Party Started Premiers Tonight at 9:00 on UPN

"The new reality show, which has its debut at 9 tonight on UPN, is "Extreme Makeover: Party Edition" by another name. The premise is that the show will throw a party for deserving people, although sometimes it will just go for laughs instead of tears.

Kristin Cavallari, whose sole credit is being young and rich on MTV's "Laguna Beach," is a co-host along with actor Ethan Erickson. Neither poses an immediate threat to Regis Philbin or Kelly Ripa.

For openers tonight, they join in planning a delayed surprise 21st birthday party for a young New Orleans woman whose celebration was cut off by Hurricane Katrina.

The family lost everything, so the party gang sets up a bash in Las Vegas with all the usual makeover stuff. The planning is sort of boring and the result is sort of blah, even if the cause is worthy.

Other parties include a man suffering from cancer who wants a party for his wife, a sweet-16 thing, a bachelorette bash and so on. It looks like this show is going to run out of party ideas and lose favor with viewers in a hurry.

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