Can Dancing tango over competition?
Reliance on formula isn’t an airtight strategy, of course. “Dancing” has emerged from its origins as a campy 2005 summer romp to the point where it is now expected to compete with stiff, regular-season competition, as it did in the spring. Now on Tuesday nights, the primary competition show each week will face CBS’s popular “NCIS,” Fox’s Emmy-nominated cult favorite “House,” NBC’s well-reviewed new drama “Friday Night Lights,” and the CW’s limping but much-loved “Gilmore Girls.” The field is crowded in that time period, to say the least — not as crowded as it will be in the spring, when “Dancing” is not scheduled, and will be spared a showdown with a little Simon Cowell show you might have heard of — but crowded nevertheless. “Dancing” seems resilient, given the fact that it did not suffer against getCSS(“3088867”)FREE VIDEOGeorge Hamilton: “Do it for the homies” Sept. 12: Former “Dancing with the Star” contestant George Hamilton gives advice to Tucker Carlson about his debut on “Danci
