UNIVERSE.

BECAUSE IT WAS REPORTED THIS WEEK THAT SCIENTISTS FROM THE

"SEARCH FOR EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE" OR SETI HAVE

DETECTED A SIGNAL FROM A DISTANT STAR, AND THEY THINK IT COULD BE

PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE.

I KNOW.

I KNOW.

SCIENTISTS SAY THIS COULD BE THE SIGN OF A HIGHLY ADVANCED ALIEN

CIVILIZATION.

WHILE THE ALIENS SAY, "WE ATTACK AT DAWN."

( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.

CBS HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN ACCESS TO THE ALIEN SIGNAL, AND THIS IS

HUGE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE MORNING NEWS TOMORROW.

WE'RE GOING TO SHOW IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

HERE IS THE SIGNAL THAT SETI RECEIVED.

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NOW, ON TO EVEN BIGGER NEWS IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT.

BECAUSE TODAY "DANCING WITH THE STARS" HAS REVEALED THE CAST FOR

ITS UPCOMING TWENTY-THIRD SEASON.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH "DANCING WITH THE STARS," IT'S

BASICALLY "GAME OF THRONES" FOR YOUR MOM.

(ACTING OUT MOM) "NO SPOILERS!"

LOTS OF NOTABLE NAMES IN THE CAST THIS YEAR.

FOR EXAMPLE, FORMER TEXAS GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE RICK PERRY IS A CONTESTANT.

( LAUGHTER ) WOW.

THAT'S THE LEAD UP TO A JOKE.

( LAUGHTER ) PERRY IS VERY PUBLICLY OPPOSED

TO GAY MARRIAGE.

SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THE WORST HAIR AND

MAKEUP ON THE SHOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR ANSWER.

THE SHOW WILL ALSO FEATURE THE 57-YEAR-OLD GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING

R&B SINGER BABYFACE OR, AS HE'S KNOWN NOW, "FACE."

KANYE WEST'S EX-GIRLFRIEND, AMBER ROSE WILL BE ON THE SHOW,

RAPPER VANILLA ICE -- AND THIS IS INTERESTING -- RYAN LOCHTE

WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE CAST.

( AUDIENCE REACTS ) I KNOW.

LOCHTE SAID THAT AFTER HIS RIO SCANDAL, HE'S REALLY LOOKING FOR

A WAY TO REGAIN HIS DIGNITY -- BY COMPETING IN A DANCE

COMPETITION WITH VANILLA ICE.

BUT THIS SEASON'S CAST IS PRETTY OUT THERE.

ABC REALLY OUTDID THEMSELVES IN TRYING TO GET THE BIGGEST STARS.

SOME OF THE OTHER CONTESTS THIS SEASON INCLUDE MARILU HENNER,

THE "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW" GUY, SHIRTLESS ANTHONY WEINER, DAVID

FROM DAVID AFTER THE DENTIST, ALF, BEL AND BIV BUT NOT

DeVoe, A PICTURE OF BEYONCE TAPED TO A ROOMBA, WILL SMITH --

DON'T GET TOO EXCITED, IT'S WILL SMITH THE REALTOR, NOT THE

ACTOR.

AND THIS LAST ONE'S EXCITING.

THE FINAL CONTESTANT WILL BE -- THIS GUY!

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, YOU ARE ON THE NEXT SEASON OF "DANCING WITH

THE STARS."

INCREDIBLE, RIGHT?

IT'S AMAZING, ISN'T IT?

I MEAN, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE

ABOUT TO START TAPING, SO -- I'M NOT JOKING.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

YOU'RE ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS."

THIS ISN'T A JOKE!

GO!

YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE "DANCING WITH THE STARS"!

( APPLAUSE ) SEE YOU LATER!