‘Dancing With The Stars’ Leads ABC To Monday Ratings Win; Stanley Cup Clincher Rises

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt was ’80s night at Dancing With The Stars and fans ate it up. The homage to acid wash and side ponytails won the night delivering a 0.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic while netting 6.09 million viewers.

Will Thorne Staff WriterA highly competitive Monday night ratings race was narrowly won by ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” as “One Day at a Time” went low with its broadcast debut.“Dancing With the Stars” came in even on last week with a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 last night, drawing around 6.1 million total viewers in the process.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Dancing With the Stars” tripped up a little in routine on Monday night, as a rescheduled NFL game dominated the ratings for CBS.The ABC dance show ticked down to a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and just over 6 million total viewers. That represents an 18% dip from last week in the former metric, and a season low in both overall.

Derek Hough is returning to the ballroom! On Wednesday, ABC announced that the 35-year-old judge will perform during the Oct. 19 episode, marking the first time he's done so since 2017.The dancer will perform with his girlfriend — who's also a former pro — Hayley Erbert.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Dancing With the Stars” twirled its way to the top of the TV ratings charts once again on Monday night, as it faced stiff competition from the Stanley Cup finals on NBC.The ABC dancing show scored a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49 and drew just over 7 million total viewers, as “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin was mauled off the show. That means it retained 100% of its demo from last week, and is up on the same week last season.

Dancing with the Stars showed why Tyra Banks was the perfect host for Season 29 in the second elimination episode of the season: neither Disney nor Ms. Banks knows the meaning of the word subtle.

Dancing With The Stars is bringing Disney magic to the dance floor on tonight’s brand new show.

Carole Baskin is gearing up for her next performance on, and she plans on coming out with a roar.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorA trio of shows on a trio of networks shared top honors in Friday’s broadcast primetime ratings, with Fox airing the fall premiere of WWE SmackDown, NBC showing Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals and ABC a fresh 20/20.Fox, NBC and ABC tied for the nightly win in the demo, while ABC was the night’s most-watched network behind a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos leading into 20/20, which drew a 0.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.82 million

Dancing With the Stars is set as Disney night and many times, it becomes the most memorable week of the season.For season 29, the cast is set to dance to numbers from The Princess and the Frog, The Newsies, Cinderella and many more!“I’m really excited because we’re going to be bringing a different tone, a different shade of movements that we haven’t seen from Johnny,” Britt Stewart told Us Weekly ahead of Disney week about her plans to dance the Rumba with partner Johnny Weir.

Will Thorne Staff WriterIt was a pretty close run affair at the top of the Tuesday night ratings charts, as “Dancing With the Stars” and “America’s Got Talent” went head-to-head.The ABC show narrowly ended up on top in the key 18-49 demo, scoring a 1.0 to “AGT”‘s 0.8. However, that 1.0 represents a 23% drop from last week’s season premiere, and roughly a 2 million viewer loss.

Derek Hough may be sitting behind the judge’s table during Dancing With the Stars’ 29th season, but he shared that he’s set to appear in an upcoming dance routine.“Yes, there is a plan. The plan [is] to [have me] dance,” the series vet, 35, told Us Weekly and other reporters on Tuesday, September 22.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorDancing With the Stars returned to the top of the leaderboard Tuesday in primetime, with its two-hour episode that featured the first exit of the season scoring a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.85 million viewers in Live+Same Day data.

Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s journey on Dancing with the Stars almost came to an early end!

Peter White Television EditorDancing With The Stars new judge Derek Hough is to host and develop a range of entertainment projects with ABC Entertainment after striking an overall deal with the broadcaster.This comes after Hough recently returned to the ABC fold. Hough was a professional dancer on Dancing With The Stars between 2007 and 2016 before he left to become a judge on NBC’s World of Dance.The overall deal will see him work with the network on specials and entertainment programming.

Also Read: Ad Don Lewis' Family Aired During Carole Baskin's 'DWTS' Debut Yielded 'Legitimate Tips,' Lawyer Says“Derek is a creative force not just in the ballroom, but also every room he enters,” said Karey Burke, president of ABC Entertainment. “He has been part of our ABC family for many years; the energy and dedication he brings to every project is palpable.

Dancing with the Stars this season, and we're already on a break? What a bummer!If you turn on your TV ready to shimmy and shake with your favorite stars and celebs Monday night, you're going to be mighty disappointed not to see a single sequin. That's because this week, Dancing with the Stars, which normally airs Monday nights, has been bumped to Tuesday so that ABC can air the New Orleans Saints vs.