Dancing with the Stars: Cancelled or Renewed for Season 26 on ABC?

Vulture Watch

Is the music winding down? Has the Dancing with the Stars TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 26th 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 26. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  
 

What’s This TV Show About?

Airing on the ABC television network, Dancing with the Stars is a competitive dancing reality show featuring celebrity contestants paired with professional dance partners, competing for the mirrorball trophy. Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews return to host Dancing with the Stars, season 25. Judges include Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba. Celebrities competing in cycle 25 are Nick Lachey, Vanessa Lachey, Frankie Muniz, Barbara Corcoran, Debbie Gibson, Nikki Bella, Derek Fisher, Terrell Owens, Sasha Pieterse, Drew Scott, Jordan Fisher, Lindsey Stirling, and Victoria Arlen.

The professional dance partners in this cycle are Alan Bersten, Artem Chigvintsev, Emma Slater, Gleb Savchenko, Keo Motsepe, Lindsay Arnold, Maks Chmerkovskiy, Mark Ballas, Peta Murgatroyd, Sharna Burgess, Val Chmerkovskiy, and Witney Carson.
 

Season 25 Ratings

The 25th season of Dancing with the Stars averaged a 1.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 9.33 million viewers. Compared to season 23 (Fall 2016), that’s down by 17% in the demo and down by 11% in viewership. Find out how Dancing with the Stars stacks up against other ABC TV shows.
 

 

Telly’s Take

There’s no need to worry whether Dancing with the Stars will be cancelled or renewed in the near future, since ABC already picked up season 26, last spring. Still, I will keep an eye on the ratings and update this page from time to time. Because the television vulture is watching, subscribe to receive free email alerts on Dancing with the Stars cancellation and renewal news.

3/13/2018 update: In addition to the All-Athletes Edition premiering on April 30, 2018, Dancing with the Stars has now been renewed through season 27 on ABC. Details here.
 

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What do you think? Are you glad that ABC has renewed its Dancing with the Stars TV show through the 26th season? How long do you expect this competitive reality TV series to last?