Fans don’t have to worry whether ABC’s Dancing with the Stars TV show will be cancelled or renewed too soon. The Alphabet Network also already picked up the 26th season, back in May of 2017. One day though, even this competitive reality TV series will end. How long will Dancing with the Stars last? Stay tuned.
Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews return Dancing with the Stars hosts in 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 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. **Status update, below.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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Last year comparisons: The 23rd cycle of Dancing with the Stars (Fall 2016) averaged a 1.65 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 10.516 million total viewers. Meanwhile, the 24th season (Spring 2017) averaged a 1.63 and 10.482 million, respectively (live + same day ratings).
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Dancing with the Stars TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed beyond its 26th season in the spring of 2018?
**3/13/2018 update: In addition to the All-Athletes Edition premiering on April 30, 2018, Dancing with the Stars has been renewed through season 27 on ABC. Details here.
I love the show. Dancing is an art. It is great exercise, too. I love dressing up in beautiful dresses and shoes and go out and dance. There are many places to really show, off the art of fine dancing anymore. It’s a shame. I love to dance.
Still the only reality show I watch regularly. Guess I’ll keep showing up as long as the show does.
Show became too much about every single contestant overcoming some obstacle with sad stories galore, judges who no longer give constructive criticism but have to say something “nice” and the audience has become too much part of the show with their constant screaming and booing…Loved the show originally but now almost can’t stand to watch. Sad another show off my list…
The show used to get over 20 million viewers, and a good demo number. Now they are under 10 million, with a horrible 1.2 demo. I don’t think they will have many more seasons.
Everyone has an opinion…fact is, DWTS is still #1 show on Monday night, after all these years…w/BBT moving to Thursday’s…DWTS should see a little bump in the ratings..
Cancel the stupid thing already. It has no purpose to even exist.
The ratings are down because the prior season ended on kind of a travesty. Older ex baseball guy went to top 2 and the only problem was that he was painfully average. It was a viewer popularity poll – not an accurate judging of what we were seeing on the dance floor.
No the season 25 ratings have nothing to do with what happened during season 24. The ratings are down because most of the celebrities are unknown. Someone said “Dancing with the Who”
That is what most I know say. Nice folks but they’re not really celebrities. Also, the format is getting stale and so are the judges…same old, same old. You can predict who will say what.