TV Ratings: DWTS Slips But Tops AGT With Special Tuesday Results Show

RELATED STORIES In the latest TV show ratings, Dancing With the Stars‘ special Tuesday outing featuring Season 29’s first elimination delivered 5.85 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, down 27 and 23 percent from its opener but still topping the night in the demo. (Read recap.) Leading out of that, the Time 100 […]

DWTS: Tyra Banks Crowned New Host, Replacing Tom Bergeron

This is next-level fierce: Dancing With the Stars has tapped Tyra Banks to replace Tom Bergeron as host. The announcement comes one day after ABC confirmed the departures of the dance competition’s longtime host Bergeron as well as co-host Erin Andrews. Banks’ reign will begin with Season 29, slated to bow this fall (view ABC’s complete fall […]

DWTS Still Has a Popularity Problem (and the Judges’ Save Didn’t Fix It)

RELATED STORIES Before Dancing With the Stars kicked off its 28th season, ABC had hinted that some “format tweaks” were coming down the pike — and many a viewer breathed a sigh of relief. The tweaks would have been a welcome addition to any cycle, really: After 14 years on the air, DWTS needed a […]

Quotes of the Week: Superstore, Evil, The Mandalorian, DWTS and More

Thanksgiving hasn’t arrived just yet, but we’re still feeling plenty grateful for another week of top-notch TV. With another seven days of television in the books, we’re looking back on the week’s best dialogue via our latest Quotes of the Week gallery. This time around, we’ve got Superstore‘s shout-out to a fellow NBC series, The Mandalorian‘s no-nonsense […]

DWTS Judge Calls Sean Spicer’s Safety ‘Frustrating’ — So What’s Her Solution?

RELATED STORIES After admitting on Monday’s Dancing With the Stars broadcast that she was “confused and a little irritated” by America’s vote, judge Carrie Ann Inaba is weighing in further on this unpredictable season — and the contestant who notably keeps sticking around. Despite earning the lowest scores of any remaining Season 28 contestant, ex-White House […]

DWTS: Christie Brinkley Drops Out After Injury, Daughter Sailor to Take Her Place

Christie Brinkley‘s pursuit of the Mirrorball is over before it even began. Ahead of Monday’s Dancing With the Stars premiere, the supermodel has dropped out of Season 28 due to an injury. Instead, Brinkley’s daughter Sailor Brinkley-Cook will step in for the remainder of the season, and she plans to perform a premiere routine despite […]

Grey’s Anatomy Showrunner Blasts ABC for Casting Sean Spicer on DWTS: ‘I Deeply Abhor This Decision’

RELATED STORIES Add Krista Vernoff to the list of ABC employees unhappy with the network for climbing into bed with Sean Spicer. The Grey’s Anatomy/Station 19 showrunner ripped into ABC’s Powers That Be for casting the disgraced ex-White House flack on the new season of Dancing With the Stars. “I deeply abhor this decision by the […]

DWTS Season 28: James Van Der Beek, Sean Spicer, Lamar Odom, Kel Mitchell and Christie Brinkley Among Cast

James Van Der Beek will compete against a disgraced White House press secretary and a world-famous supermodel when Dancing With the Stars returns this fall. Good Morning America on Wednesday revealed the full cast line-up for Season 28, which in addition to The Beek includes Sean Spicer and Christie Brinkley. Additional participants include The Bachelorette‘s […]

Ratings: DWTS Hits Finale Low, Chicago Med Ticks Up With This Is Us Lead-In

Dancing With the Stars on Tuesday night closed out Season 25 with 9.2 million total viewers and a 1.3 demo rating, marking its second-smallest finale audience ever while hitting a demo low for a Mirrorball Trophy ceremony. RELATEDThe Voice Recap: Was the Right Singer Sent Packing? RELATEDThe Flash Recap: The Thinker’s Origins Revealed FOX |Lethal […]