For the past two years, ABC has only aired one regular cycle of Dancing with the Stars, in the fall. In 2018, the Spring cycle was devoted to athletes. In 2019, the network launched Dancing with the Stars: Juniors without success. What will happen this time around? Will the alphabet network air a new season in the spring or give this venerable reality show a rest? Will Dancing with the Stars be cancelled or renewed for season 29? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
An ABC competitive reality TV series, Dancing with the 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 28 are Lauren Alaina, Sailor Brinkley-Cook, Ally Brooke, Hannah Brown, Kate Flannery, Karamo, Ray Lewis, Kel Mitchell, Lamar Odom, Sean Spicer, James Van Der Beek, and Mary Wilson.
The professional dance partners this cycle are Brandon Armstrong, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Cheryl Burke, Witney Carson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Keo Motsepe, Peta Murgatroyd, Pasha Pashkov, Gleb Savchenko, and Emma Slater.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
11/26 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: The 27th season of Dancing with the Stars (Fall 2018) on ABC averaged a 0.93 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.12 million viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Dancing with the Stars TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a 29th season?
*5/21/20 update: Dancing with the Stars has been renewed for a 29th season on ABC.
This year the producer of Dancing With The Stars should not have selected a political figure, the show should have actors, singers, or others in the entertainment business, the producer should be fired before he or she ruins this show, I am very unhappy with this year’s show.
I think Tom was correct with regard to Sean. The show voting is off. The best dancer not the most popular.
When the POTUS is tweeting and FOX News signs off encouraging people to vote for Sean we are witnessing another disaster a la Bobby Bones winning 2 seasons ago. Sean perhaps you should resign. Keep DWTS.
We may be witnessing the death of a popular well produced show that I have watched from the beginning when it was a summer filler. This season is on the way to another Bobby Bones disaster. Sean needs to go, he knows it too.
The voting needs to be changed. The fact that Sean Spicer is still on the show is sinful. Yes, he is working hard but so is everyone competing. I have stopped watching the show and several people I know that use to be die-hard fans of the show have also stopped watching.
If Sean Spicer wasn’t cast this season, the show would’ve been making strides towards a comeback from last season. Just the notion that the DWTS casting directors thought that having such a politically divisive contestant was going to actually improve their ratings is unfathomable to me. Hopefully next season we can get a cast that the viewers can justifiably get behind.
Put it out of its misery. What a waste this year. What moron thought this would work. Feel sorry for the judges and the reasonable contestants.
I have always enjoyed watching Dancing with the Stars each season. However; this season I have found it very hard to still find a reason that Sean Spicer is still on the show. He has been one of the worse if not the worst dancer since the show began. I’m not trying to be mean and I apologise to Mr. Spicer that I don’t think he can dance. The fact that people voting is keeping him on is wrong. It’s political I feel. Watching some really promising dancers leave and him stay makes me want to stop watching this show.… Read more »
Unfortunately the show has changed a great deal. Keeping the people who are not dancers and letting go the people who have shown much improvement is terrible. Also I feel that the excessive clapping when people are talking is not need. We can’t hear what is being said. I have always
Loved DWTS, but it gets harder as the years go by.
We have watched Dancing with the Stars since the first episode. This year is the most ridiculous yet, to the point that my husband has stopped watching and I am close. It should not depend on tweets, there should at least be some value given to quality. Good grief
Used to watch this show without fail until what happened last year. Along with Sean Spicer being cast and not even knowing many of the cast members, I made the decision to stop watching. I have to admit the show is not what is was, with most of the best choreographers among the pros having left the show. I haven’t watched at all this season
I like the show but this year I do not like that they are having to stick with just the dance and can not add props because Lynn will get upset and the only thing they do now is shoot confetti that is boring.
This show has become a Big Bore. Same old silly judges. Hate the new save from the judges. I stopped watching after the 1st week this season. Dancing with what? Stars? I don’t think so. I don’t know most of the “stars” who are dancing. Time to put this show in the grave. Most of the good pro dancers are off the show. Might check out Halloween show, but other than that I don’t plan on watching, even then I will DVR and fast forward if I watch that episode.
Refuse to watch because of Sean Spicer casting. Always enjoyed and have watched since the very beginning as a summer special. But between What was allowed to happen last year and then this year’s casting won’t watch
Yes I like dancing with the stars