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Are the dancers still on their toes? Has the Dancing with the Stars TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 28th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Dancing with the Stars, season 28. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What’s This TV Show About?
An ABC competitive reality TV series, Dancing with the Stars stars is hosted by Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, with Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba serve as judges. Celebrities competing in cycle 27 are Alexis Ren, Bobby Bones, Danelle Umstead, DeMarcus Ware, Evanna Lynch, Joe Amabile, ie “Grocery Store Joe,” John Schneider, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Mary Lou Retton, Milo Manheim, Nancy McKeon, Nikki Glaser, and Tinashe.
The professional dance partners this cycle are Alan Bersten, Sharna Burgess, Artem Chigvintsev, Lindsay Arnold, Keo Motsepe, Jenna Johnson, Emma Slater, Cheryl Burke, Sasha Farber, Witney Carson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Gleb Savchenko, and Brandon Armstrong.
Season 27 Ratings
The 27th season of Dancing with the Stars averaged a 0.93 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.12 million viewers. Compared to season 25 (Fall of 2017), that’s down by 32% and 24%, respectively. Find out how Dancing with the Stars stacks up against other ABC TV shows.
Telly’s Take
Will ABC cancel or renew Dancing with the Stars for season 28? To be honest, I’m sure it will be renewed but I am wondering if ABC will stop airing two cycles a year, especially now that they’re introcuding a Junior edition. For now, I’ll keep an eye on the ratings and update this page with breaking developments. Subscribe for free alerts on Dancing with the Stars cancellation or renewal news.
11/20/18 update: Dancing with the Stars has been renewed for season 28 but it won’t return until Fall 2019.
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What do you think? Are you glad that the Dancing with the Stars TV show has been renewed for season 28? How would you feel if ABC had cancelled this TV series, instead?
I love DWRS! WOULD be SAD if it were cancelled.
I have LOVED Dancing with the Stars from the very beginning. I haven’t even minded that the “Stars” are mostly unknowns but thru the seasons we get to know those “unknowns” . The voting process is too wrong. It is a popularity vote, NOT a dancing contest. This past season was a joke. The most talented and the most improved dancers were voted out and a “star” that should have been voted out the first or second week. Now Bobby Jones DID improve and we was fun to watch, HOWEVER there were several others that showed dancing improvement and real… Read more »
Seeing the worst dancer ever on DWS win the title revoked me and the credibility of the shows. But by Bones should have never got past the second week. The judges need to look n the mirror and take responsibility for this huge mistake by this program. I will not watch ever again.
DWTS should be cancelled. A lot of people are not stars, and it has come to be a popularity Contest. The Same Judges are getting on my nerves, Bruno is such a theatrical person and loves himself too much, and the young lady acts like a 16 yr old always jumping and screaming about what has been done. The show has been on wayyyyy too long and like I said its is nothing but a popularity contest as you saw by this last win