Last Night's TV: American Ninja Warrior, Dancing With the Stars, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: American Ninja Warrior, Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Faking It, and The Carmichael Show TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT America Names a Ninja Warrior NBC BECAUSE: Nothing says ninja legend quite like "busboy who entered the competition dressed as Jesus." After seven seasons and 3,500 contestants, someone has finally earned the title of American Ninja Warrior. Scratch that--two people. In Monday's season 7 finale, Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten became the first two people to complete Stage 3 of the ANW obstacle course. They shared the glory of claiming the American Ninja Warrior title, but when Caldeiro--a pro rock climber in addition to Jesus-busboy--went on to complete Stage 4, a.k.a. "Mt. Midoriyama," 3 seconds faster than Britten, he alone claimed the $1 million prize. READ OUR RECAP Dancing With the Stars ABC WHAT HAPPENED: DWTS' 21st season premiere was full of surprises and confirmations: national hero Alek Skarlatos is incredibly light on his feet in addition to being unreasonably cute--SURPRISE; Gary Busey is quite literally all over the place and a lover of sequins--CONFIRMED; "Vine star" is a thing your mom and Brenda in Accounting have to understand now ("Wanna feel old? Just google Hayes!" -EW recapper Robyn Ross, speaking to everyone who can legally vote)--SURPRISE; Bendi Irwin is charming, precocious, and can probably win this thing with one hand tied behind her back and the other resuscitating a sea turtle--CONFIRMED! WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Most agree that Bindi Irwin and her pro Derek Hough, and Nick Carter and his pro Sharna Burgess had the best performances of Monday night, while Chaka Kahn (long may she and her hairograpahy reign) and Kim Zolciak biffed it, but TV Line says you'd barely know it from the judges' comments: "No matter how dismal the Week 1 routines... the judges won't deliver anything less than glowing praise." Maybe Busey should take Len's old seat, then: It's not totally clear what dancing "in a cosmos of riddles" means, but it would probably be a more constructive comment than telling Paula Deen to give us "the Paula Deen we know and love" next week--that butter boat has sailed, y'all. READ OUR RECAP So You Think You Can Dance FOX WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: EW recapper Kelly Connolly called Monday night's winner of SYTYCD's twelfth season, "so inevitable that it almost seemed unlikely." That doesn't mean that tapper Gaby Diaz was the boring or easy choice, simply that she was completely deserving of the metaphorical SYTYCD crown. In a season with a construct that didn't quite soar (love ya, tWitch; love ya, Emmy-winning-Travis; don't let the door hit ya, "Stage vs. Street"), Gaby--the series' first ever tapper champion!--excelled in every genre, lighting up the stage with energy, and making a marvel of her core strength every time she hit the stage. WHAT HAPPENED: Since Gaby's win is exciting, but a little predictable, everyone was more riled up about getting to see Jenna Dewan Tatum dance (was Step Up really nine years ago?!) alongside chorography-machine, Travis Wall. After their red hot number, red hot husband Channing Tatum tweeted, "So proud of my girl! Had the best time watching!" How about we aim for scoring the whole Tatum-set next season, Fox? READ OUR RECAP Faking It MTV WHAT HAPPENED: It's not too surprising that honesty would be an ongoing thematic struggle in a show called Faking It. Monday night's episode finds Amy, Karma, and Lauren trying to scheme their way into their dream college with a Legally Blonde-style pitch video and Miss Congeniality twirling fire batons, respectively. But the girls are dealing with heaps of relationship drama to distract them (ugh, high school). It's finally time for Amy to "tell Reagan the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," according to EW recapper Megan Daley, and well... the truth hurts. Amy admits that she's still questioning her sexuality and Reagan admits that it breaks her heart, but she's sure of what she wants, and she can't be with someone who isn't equally on board. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Here's hoping for Faking It: The College Years featuring Tiffani Amber Thiessen as Amy and Karma's friendly Residential Assistant/House Mom/Dean. Monday's episode of Faking It may have been all about the pain, but the cast is looking to the future, and not just Clements University. As Katie Stevens enthuses/warns on Twitter: "I just want everyone to prepare for years for the next few episodes! we take no prisoners on #FakingIt." READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... Score One for the Multi-Cam Sitcom NBC NEW LEAD IN TOWN: Many comedians have tried and failed to get a sitcom based on their life and stand-up to a second season. But Jerrod Carmichael has just come out of the woodwork to not only have the most-watched summer comedy episode on the Big 4 networks in eight years, according to NBC, but The Carmichael Show just nabbed a second season too. If you weren't one of the many fans latching onto the new sitcom, there's plenty of time to catch up on its six-episode debut season. READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. WANT MORE? 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