Dancing With the Stars..SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Daehawk]

Oh no not Tucker!!!! We wanted to see him go on and see if he got better. They should give them 2 dances instead of just one and boom someones gone.

Ya for some reason Im watching this with the wife this year. Never have before. On the plus side the lady's outfits are smoking.

[noxiousdog]

Oh no not Tucker!!!! We wanted to see him go on and see if he got better. They should give them 2 dances instead of just one and boom someones gone.

Ya for some reason Im watching this with the wife this year. Never have before. On the plus side the lady's outfits are smoking.

I love this show. I didn't think I'd like it as well this year cause the 'stars' aren't really stars. However, the skillz are a million times better than last season.

Last year it was Stacy Kiebler and Nick Lachey's brother and everyone else was in a different class. This year, there's a ton of contenders that would have given both of them a run for their money.

[Isgrimnur]

NY Times

After spending nearly a quarter of his life as the host of “Dancing With the Stars,” Tom Bergeron, the 65-year-old host of the one-time ABC ratings juggernaut, has been dropped from the show, he announced on Twitter on Monday evening.
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ABC and BBC Studios, the show’s production company, said in a joint statement that “Dancing With the Stars” would be pursuing “a new creative direction” and that Mr. Bergeron would not be part of it. Erin Andrews, the sports announcer and former contestant on the show, who had co-hosted with Mr. Bergeron since 2014, was also out, the statement said.
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Last year, Mr. Bergeron publicly aired his concerns about the decision to cast political guests on the show.

The comment came after the show decided to include Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary and communications director for President Trump, as a contestant.
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Mr. Bergeron said he had met with the show’s new executive producer without success in an effort to ensure that the show “would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.”
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His departure came as an unwelcome surprise — Mr. Bergeron told “Access Hollywood” in 2012 that he wanted to host the show “’til they drag me kicking and screaming off the set.” But even amid his shock Monday evening, Mr. Bergeron managed to crack one final joke.

“Now what am I supposed to do with all of these glitter masks?” he tweeted.

[$iljanus]

NY Times

After spending nearly a quarter of his life as the host of “Dancing With the Stars,” Tom Bergeron, the 65-year-old host of the one-time ABC ratings juggernaut, has been dropped from the show, he announced on Twitter on Monday evening.
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ABC and BBC Studios, the show’s production company, said in a joint statement that “Dancing With the Stars” would be pursuing “a new creative direction” and that Mr. Bergeron would not be part of it. Erin Andrews, the sports announcer and former contestant on the show, who had co-hosted with Mr. Bergeron since 2014, was also out, the statement said.
...
Last year, Mr. Bergeron publicly aired his concerns about the decision to cast political guests on the show.

The comment came after the show decided to include Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary and communications director for President Trump, as a contestant.
...
Mr. Bergeron said he had met with the show’s new executive producer without success in an effort to ensure that the show “would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.”
...
His departure came as an unwelcome surprise — Mr. Bergeron told “Access Hollywood” in 2012 that he wanted to host the show “’til they drag me kicking and screaming off the set.” But even amid his shock Monday evening, Mr. Bergeron managed to crack one final joke.

“Now what am I supposed to do with all of these glitter masks?” he tweeted.

Well Roger Stone has some free time nowadays...

[stessier]

14 years has to be close to winning the Thread Necro title.

[Smoove_B]

It was worth it to learn Noxiousdog is (was?) a fan of Dancing with the Stars. Would not have expected that if it were a trivia question. Thanks.

[Suitably Ironic Moniker]

Tom Bergeron is an overlooked and underrated national treasure.

[Daehawk]

Tom Bergeron is an overlooked and underrated national treasure.

Yup. I give this show 2 more years at most. I basically stopped watching 5 years ago. The wife kept going but not I dont think in 2018.

[Isgrimnur]

[wonderpug]

Tyra Banks will be the new host.

[Isgrimnur]

USA Today

JoJo Siwa is already proving a groundbreaking force on "Dancing With the Stars," before even stepping on the dance floor on Sept. 20.

The TikTok and YouTube superstar, 18, who came out as a member of the LGBTQ community in January, will compete with a female professional partner. The same-sex pairing will be a first for ABC's ballroom-dance competition, which premiered in 2005 and marks its 30th season this fall.

[AWS260]

I haven't watched Dancing with the Stars in many, many years, but I read that Iman Shumpert was one of the finalists and saw this performance by him...



Holy shit. How long has Dancing with the Stars been this good? That was fantastic. (It's based on Jordan Peele's Us.)

[Daehawk]

I haven't watched in many seasons. My wife watched it past me. I stopped when the 'star' title really stopped applying in my view. I mean can they really still call it stars any more? They've been diggin deep a long time now. I didn't know but one this year I dont think.