''Get This Party Started'' is an American

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series hosted by

Ethan Erickson Ethan Skip Erickson (born August 5, 1973) is an American television and film actor and TV host. Education Erickson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a degree in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. Career Erickson once played th ...

and

Kristin Cavallari Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari (born January 5, 1987) is an American television personality, fashion designer, actress and author. She first rose to fame in 2004 as a cast member on the popular MTV reality television series '' Laguna Beach: The Re ...

in early February 2006, which aired on

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. It was the final show to premiere on UPN before the network shut down in September 2006 in favor of

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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 ''Sex, Love & Secrets'' is an American soap opera, created by Michael Gans and Richard Register, which originally aired on United Paramount Network (UPN) from September 27, 2005, to October 18, 2005. With an ensemble cast led by Denise Richard ...

'' 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.

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* 2006 American television series debuts 2006 American television series endings 2000s American reality television series English-language television shows UPN original programming {{US-reality-tv-stub