Executive producer and showrunner Conrad Green will leave Dancing with the Stars at the end of this season to produce Fox’s Utopia. He’s been with the ABC show since its first season. Green told Deadline–in a very press release-y statement–that the show he created at ABC “has thrived and become a cultural phenomenon. But after …
In a twist that sounds more desperate than anything else, Dancing with the Stars will force its cast of celebrity contestants to switch professional partners mid-season based on viewer votes. The 18th season’s cast has been announced, and includes Olympians Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who will dance with pro partners, not each other. The …
The new co-host of Dancing with the Stars is 10th-season third-place finalist Erin Andrews. ABC is expected to announce that tomorrow, three days after unceremoniously firing Brooke Burke-Charvet, who was surprised to be let go. USA TODAY’s Big Lead reports that “Andrews is not leaving Fox Sports” and “will continue her sports duties — sideline …
Dancing with the Stars dumped co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet Friday, continuing to clean house prior to its 18th season and blindsiding her in the process. Burke, who joined the series in its 10th season after winning the seventh season, and whose role seemed diminished last season with elimination of the space for her post-dance interviews, tweeted: …
After firing band director Harold Wheeler and the live band earlier this week, Dancing with the Stars announced it has hired American Idol‘s former music director, Ray Chew, who will lead a group of “live musicians and singers.” So it did not actually drop a live band, which I praised it for doing earlier this …
The live Dancing with the Stars band that has mangled so many songs over the show’s 17-season history has been fired along with its director, and will be replaced by pre-recorded music and some unknown configuration of live musicians. The ABC series began using pre-recorded music last season, which helped improve the show significantly. In …