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As “Dancing With the Stars” marked 20 years on the air Tuesday night, the show pulled out all the stops to bring back favorites and celebrate the nine remaining contestants.

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Sanchez, who was stabbed in the abdomen during the incident, has not been on the air since then, and a Fox Sports spokesperson told The Times on Friday that he “is no longer with the network.”

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Welcome to the most insidiously political television show on the air — “Dancing With the Stars.”

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The show, which has showcased such unlikely hoofers as Tom DeLay and Kate Gosselin in its five years on the air, took a statement-laden turn right from its first week of this season, when Bristol Palin shimmied out of a gray suit to the strains of “Mama Told Me Not to Come.”

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At least I’m a sucker who can turn on the air conditioning in August.

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