After Backlash, ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Premiere Moves Ahead After Tentative WGA Deal Is Reached

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Dana Walden sent a staff-wide memo to all of Disney Entertainment on Friday, reflecting on the past week since Hamas struck Israel in a deadly and devastating war. “Tomorrow marks one week since the world changed forever with the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Walden wrote in a memo, exclusively obtained by Variety.

Fans have been noticing a change on DWTS this season.

teased its star-studded cast by revealing that “Zoey 102” alum Jamie Lynn Spears would be joining Ariana Madix and “Bachelorette” Charity Lawson on the ballroom floor.Other high-profile stars who’ve hit the ballroom include “The Brady Bunch’s” Barry Williams, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and “American Pie” actress Alyson Hannigan.The current season is judged by Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli following the death of ballroom dancing legend Len Goodman, who died in April at age 78.The complete list of contestants this season include: Check out below who goes home each week. “Veep” star Matt Walsh and his partner, Koko Iwasaki, were the first duo to waltz off the show after they received the lowest score from both fans and the judges during the show’s premiere episode on Sept.

posted the news on his Instagram saying that despite not being able to compete, his celebrity partner Charity Lawson will still be hitting the ballroom. “Today I will not be performing on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ because I’ve been tested positive with COVID-19,” the dancer said. “But the good news is Charity is still performing.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent “Did you see Gabby?” asks Colton Underwood. “I knew I wasn’t the only one!” Sitting on a deep couch sipping coffee and kombucha in the Los Angeles home he shares with his husband of four months and their dogs, Underwood is talking about Gabby Windey, a former star of “The Bachelorette.” On the day of this conversation in August, Windey had just come out on social media, revealing that she is dating a woman.

The results are in: The same number of people who last watched Dancing with the Stars on ABC in 2021 came back to watch the September 26 season premiere.

“Dancing with the Stars” premiered on Sept. 26, and the two Latinas, Lele Pons, and Xochitl Gomez are holding it down, both moving on to the next episode.

There will be something missing from Dancing with the Stars this season!

See who got sent home and how the leaderboard looks after the first night of competition.

For the love of jive, look what’s back on ABC!

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 32 premiere of “Dancing With the Stars.” The fall TV season is officially here. ABC kicked off Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday night, just two days after a tentative WGA deal was reached. The season marked the first since the death of head judge Len Goodman.

ABC will proceed as planned with the Sept. 26 season premiere of Dancing with the Stars in light of the WGA and the studios reaching a tentative agreement Sunday night.

On the heels of the Writers Guild of America’s tentative deal, ABC confirmed the season will premiere as originally scheduled.

Dancing With The Stars will go on as planned, following the WGA reaching a deal.

As the WGA and the AMPTP begin meeting again to try and hash out a deal, members of the guild are back out on the picket line.

Dancing with the Stars,” which was set to premiere its 32nd season on Tuesday, will be delayed due to the Writers Guild of America strike, ABC told USA TODAY.This news comes on the heels of one of the show’s contestants — former “Veep” star Matt Walsh — quick-stepping away from it in protest.“I am taking a pause from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ until an agreement is made with the WGA,” he said in a statement to Deadline. “I was excited to join the show and did so under the impression that it was not a WGA show and fell under a different agreement.”Other actors part of the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union, which joined the WGA strike in July, who are competing this season include “American Pie’s” Alyson Hannigan; Britney Spears’ sister Jamie Lynn; Barry Williams, aka Greg from “The Brady Bunch;” Mira Sorvino; “Vanderpump Rules'” star Ariana Madix and Xochitl Gomez, who starred in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”SAG-AFTRA has made it clear that it supports the actors in their TV dance floor endeavors.

“Dancing with the Stars” floor. The actors union, which includes “DWTS” contestants Alyson Hannigan, Jamie Lynn Spears, Barry Williams, Mira Sorvino, Ariana Madix and Xochitl Gomez, said Thursday it supports its members taking part in the long-running ABC show.

It’s been a busy few days in the world of Dancing with the Stars.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent As rehearsals for “Dancing With the Stars” are being picketed by the WGA, the other union currently on strike — SAG-AFTRA — is backing the “DWTS” cast members. In a firm statement to Variety, a spokesperson for SAG-AFTRA says that performers on the ABC competition series are not only not violating the strike rules by participating in the show, but that they are required to fulfill their contractual obligations with the show.

The launch of “Dancing with the Stars,” which was scheduled on September 26, is reportedly being postponed by ABC.