Get This Party Started is an American reality television

Reality television

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 series hosted by Ethan Erickson

Ethan Erickson

-Career:Born Ethan Skip Erickson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Erickson once played the recurring role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as jock Percy West, that actress Alyson Hannigan's character Willow Rosenberg tutors. He appeared in both season 3 and season 4 as the same character...

 and Kristin Cavallari

Kristin Cavallari

Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari is an American television personality and actress. She is best known for her starring roles on the former MTV reality television programs Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills.-Early life:Cavallari was born in Denver, Colorado, the second of...

 in early February 2006, which aired on UPN

UPN

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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 timeslot of the 2005-06 television season in UPN's 8pm-9pm Tuesday slot, where Sex, Love & Secrets

Sex, Love & Secrets

Sex, Love & Secrets is a television series on UPN. It aired in North America during September and October 2005. The show was created by Michael Gans and Richard Register...

had failed before. Get This Party Started garnered low ratings

Nielsen Ratings

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and was canceled by the network after only two episodes.

The show ended up last out of the 156 programs which aired on the six major American broadcast networks in the 2005-06 season.