TV Ratings: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Premiere Leaps 30% From Last Season

 Carole Baskin  is eliminated from Dancing With the Stars season 29. The animal rights activist performance wasn’t enough to continue in the competition and win the Mirror Ball trophy.

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.

Carole Baskin received low scores and wasn’t saved by fan votes on Monday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars.” Much to the fans' delight, the “Tiger King” star was sent home after performing a samba to the song “Circle of Life” from "The Lion King" during the show’s Disney Night. Baskin, 59, and her partner, Pasha Kovalev, sported lion costumes and makeup during the routine.

Anne Heche was in the bottom two on Monday night's episode of — and she doesn't want to be there again. The actress and her partner, Keo Motsepe, found themselves up for elimination, with the judges choosing tosave them over Carole Baskin and Pasha Pashkov. «Do you wanna walk the plank because I don't,» Heche tells ET moments after escaping elimination.

SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened on Dancing With the Stars!

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

Carole Baskin is responding to the defamation lawsuit filed by the family of her missing husband, Don Lewis. News of the lawsuit came shortly before the Big Cat Rescue CEO hit the ballroom floor on Tuesday for ' live show.

The first celebrity and pro dancer have been eliminated from season 29 of Dancing With The Stars.

Dancing With The Stars has just aired on ABC. New host, Tyra Banks  opened the show with a show-stopping red dress that had judges on their feet as she introduced the shows cast and opening number.

 Carole Baskin  of ‘Tiger King’ is making her debut on tonight’s premiere of Dancing With The Stars. Unfortunately, she can’t dance away from her past! The family of her missing husband Don Lewis bought ad space for the premiere to ask the public for help finding out what happened to him.

Keeping Up with the Kardashians will stop filming after 14 years- nothing is surprising. And with a dramatic year like 2020, it is only right that the season 29 lineup for Dancing With the Stars is the most interesting, chaotic, and alluring to say the least.

Carole Baskin, is competing on Dancing With The Stars.The long-running US version of Strictly Come Dancing will air its 29th season on 14 September. The full cast was announced Wednesday morning on Good Morning America, along with their accompanying dancing pros.Carole Baskin will be joined by fellow Netflix reality stars, including Selling Sunset favourite Chrishell Stause and Coach Monica Aldama from Cheer.Chicago P.D.

 Carole Baskin  from the Netflix series Tiger King, then there‘s fantastic news for you all. Baskin is taking a break from her duties at the animal sanctuary to kill it at the  Dancing with the Stars  dance floor (pun intended).