Marissa Jaret Winokur was eliminated Tuesday (5/13/2008) from “Dancing With the Stars”, after  Judges’ scores and viewer votes were tallied.

“I’ve never felt sexier in my life. Just going through this ride, I feel like I can pretty much do anything,” said Winokur, adding that she “wanted to prove to people that you don’t have to be a size zero to dance.”

Marissa Jaret Winokur (born February 2, 1973), won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award, Theatre World Award  for her performance in Hairspray in 2003.

She is set to star in a new comedy pilot for CBS titled Fugly from the creator of My Name Is Earl.

ABC’s Fall 2008 TV Schedule:

Monday
8- “Dancing with the Stars”  / Untitled Tyra Banks-Ashton Kutcher [New]
9:30 – “Samantha Who?”
10 – “Boston Legal” / “the Bachelor”

Tuesday
8 – “Opportunity Knocks” [New reality show]
9 – “Dancing with the Stars” results show / “Scrubs” [New network] and “The Goode Family” [New] (midseason)
10 – “Eli Stone”

Wednesday
8 – “Pushing Daisies”
9 – “Private Practice”
10 – “Dirty Sexy Money”

Thursday
8 – “Ugly Betty”
9 – “Grey’s Anatomy”
10 – “Life on Mars” [New drama]

Friday
8 – “Wife Swap”
9 – “Supernanny”
10 – “20/20”

Saturday
8 – “Saturday Night College Football”

Sunday
7 – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8 – “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
9 – “Desperate Housewives”
10 – “Brothers & Sisters”
Not on the fall schedule for ABC but returning at midseason will be “Lost”, “Primetime” and “According to Jim.” Why “Jim” keeps dragging itself back to the lineup is a total mystery to me.

Cancelled
Big Shots
Carpoolers
Cavemen
Men In Trees
October Road
Women’s Murder Club
Cashmere Mafia
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann
Notes from the Underbelly
Oprah’s Big Give
Miss/Guided

Four Couples, two dances each, and the results are….

Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska: 1st dance 28/30, 2nd dance 27/30 for a total of - 55 points

Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani: 1st dance 26/30, 2nd dance 26/30 for a total of - 52 points

Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke: 1st dance 27/30, 2nd dance 26/30 for a total of -52 points

Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas: 1st dance 29/30, 2nd dance 28/30 for a total of - 57 points

With Olympic champion Yamaguchi and partner Mark Ballas back at the top, I think they’re going to be pretty tough to beat.

Anyone care to comment?