Get This Party Started

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Get This Party Started
Genre Reality
Directed byTony Sacco
Presented by Ethan Erickson
Kristin Cavallari
ComposerLindsay Tomasic
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producer Allison Grodner
ProducersMissy Bania
Alexis Brown
Debbie Ganz
Lisa Ganz
Jenny Hope
Leyla Johnson
Don Luciano
Jeff Anderson Munkres
Erica Paige
Scott Schwartz
Danny Shaner
Shawn Sheridan
Robyn Williams
EditorsChris Jones
Brian Waingrow
Running time4548 minutes
Original release
Network UPN
ReleaseFebruary 7 (2006-02-07) 
February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)

Get This Party Started is an American reality television series hosted by Ethan Erickson and Kristin Cavallari in early February 2006, which aired on UPN. It was the final show to premiere on UPN before the network shut down in September 2006 in favor of The CW.

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Synopsis

The series set out to throw surprise parties for deserving people by their friends and family. Hosts Ethan Erickson and Kristin Cavallari worked with Lara Shriftman, a special events coordinator, and a team of celebrity event planners to create a unique and extravagant party for a different person each week. The program was scheduled in the lowest-rated time slot of the 2005-06 television season in UPN's 9:00 pm–10:00 pm Tuesday slot, where Sex, Love & Secrets had failed before. Get This Party Started garnered low ratings and was canceled by the network after only two episodes.

The show ended up rated 156th, last out of the 156 programs which aired on the six major American broadcast networks in the 2005–06 season. [1]

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