While Tyra Banks received mixed reviews for her hosting in season 29, Dancing with the Stars was the only ABC series that saw growth in the key demo traditional ratings for the 2019-20 season. Will the numbers continue to rise this time around? Will Dancing with the Stars be cancelled or renewed for season 31? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
A competition series, Dancing with the Stars is hosted by Banks, with Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough returning as judges. Celebrities competing in cycle 30 are Jimmie Allen, Melanie C, Christine Chiu, Brian Austin Green, Melora Hardin, Olivia Jade, Matt James, Amanda Kloots, Suni Lee, Martin Kove, Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin, Kenya Moore, Cody Rigsby, Iman Shumpert, and JoJo Siwa. Professional dancers include Brandon Armstrong, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Sharna Burgess, Cheryl Burke, Witney Carson, Artem Chigvintsev, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Pasha Pashkov, Gleb Savchenko, Emma Slater, and Britt Stewart.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances of survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
11/23 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: Season 29 of Dancing with the Stars on ABC averaged a 0.95 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.19 million viewers.
Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). Early fast affiliate ratings (estimates) are indicated with an “*”. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like the Dancing with the Stars TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a 31st season?
*Status update: Dancing with the Stars has been renewed for seasons 31 and 32 but the show is moving to the Disney+ streaming service.
I love the dancing, but Tyra Banks is ruining it. She’s making it too much about her, not the dancers. She’s way too dramatic, not natural. Even the show heading has her pic on it, when it should be the dancers. She irritates me with her loud, dramatic voice, so I mute her. And 2 costume changes-what’s that all about? I hope the show is renewed, as long as Tyra is not.
No more Tom Bergeron and no more “real” stars, there’s no reason to watch. I can’t imagine who thought Tyra Banks would be better than Tom. He was great and loved!
The show is great but Tyra Banks needs to go. It is the same thing when she tried AGT. She acts like the show is about her and her opinion. The stars are great and work very hard. It is fun to watch until Tyra tries to take over the judging and giving her opinion. Her outfits are the worst ever. Get her off and let us have the good old DWTS show.
I think they need to change theme night from pop artists to dancers like Debbie Allen. Nureyev & Berisnekov gene Kelley Fred Astaire it’s a dance show so bring that out
Stop getting stars that have been dancing for years, especially JOjo. She has so much dance experience that it’s unfair to the others. And please let Len go he’s very judgmental and inconsistent. If he doesn’t like you, you don’t have a chance.
If you can’t do better than this cancel the show. Digusting to watch the unfairness
No, I love Len! He knows exactly what ball room dance is all about!!
I really like Len. Classy guy. 🙂
OK, Tyra’s affect on the show is annoying and egotistical and please get a new designer. These clothes are not becoming at all. In general, I wish there were a new host. Bring back Tom Bergeron!!!! Last comment.. Horror night was terrible. Pop and musical comedy music on Halloween. The dancers were dressed great but too bad they couldn’t dance to spooky music. It would have been so much better.
Cancel It Tyra is terrible. I stopped watching when they made her the Host.
Agree, , so many have stopped watching because of Tyra, she’s not the start of this show, “It’s danciinng w/the stars. She’s a joke and worthy of a turn off which I did.
Tyra is horrible and really thinks this about her. This will be the last season for me unless they change the host. We don’t need a host that dresses better than the dancers and make a command entrance.
I can’t stand Tyra Banks. Having her host DWTS messes up the show. I would like to see DWTS to continue but get rid of Banks
Really can’t stand Tyra Banks. She is terrible. Also need to try and get more recognizable contestants. Otherwise I don’t see much of a future. But get rid of Tyra.
Tyra thinks that the show is about her. Someone should tell her that the show is about the dancers. She is ruining this beautiful show
When I found out Tyra was going to host, I stopped watching right then. After her AGT debacle, I already knew she was going to flunk hosting DWTS and she. I expect it to be canceled hopefully sooner than later.
This season is a joke, and after Len voted to keep Laughlin we won’t watch it anymore. Not only did DWTS put her on the show, HOW DARE THEY REWARD HER after she and her parents basically laughed at being caught lying to get her in a Major University., but now she is rewarded again. POOR judgement, the other team was more worthy. Also, loosing Erin and Tom Bergeron was another very poor decision. The new host is awful, you would think after two seasons she would get better and that is not happening…..good bye DWTS
I have really good memories of when this show was phenomenal!
After two unwatchable seasons those memories are fading.