WGA Writers Consider Choreographing ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Picket

“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.

Dancing With The Stars Season 32 is finally here. However, there has been plenty of drama surrounding the latest season of the hit ABC reality dancing competition. The cast, judges, hosts, and pro dancers have all made headlines leading up to the season premiere.

on her podcast “Off the Vine.” “I was like, ‘You can’t be right! Do not point out what’s happening on national television right now, because I’m going to burst into tears, and I am trying to keep it together.’ That was a lot of it,” she added.Inaba also found herself coming to blows with Bristowe, 38, after the former “Bachelorette” started to question Inaba’s intentions after two weeks of low scores. “I just want to know where it comes from.

Dancing with the Stars is back tonight and 14 celebs are set to compete for the show’s coveted Mirror Ball trophy this season!

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.

After ongoing speculation, “The Drew Barrymore Show” will officially be returning to small screens in October.

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

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Less than 24 hours after the WGA reached a tentative deal to end the 146-day strike, Variety has learned that “Dancing With the Stars” is moving ahead with its planned premiere date, after all. ABC confirmed that “Dancing With the Stars” will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and will be simulcast live on Disney+.

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” Season 32 won’t be the same without Len Goodman’s presence in the ballroom. The former head judge of the ABC reality dancing series announced his retirement in Season 31. Sadly, he died a few short months later.

“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.

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.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent The “Dancing With the Stars” premiere will more-than-likely be delayed next week as talent has begun dropping out of the show, amid rising pressures during the WGA strike. “Veep” actor Matt Walsh, who is part of the Season 32 cast, is “taking a pause” from the ABC dance competition show until an agreement is made with the WGA, and says he hopes to join the show again. Walsh is a member of WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA.

The pressure to postpone Dancing With the Stars amid the Hollywood strikes has forced at least one participant to hit pause.

ABC is putting in place plans to postpone the Sept. 26 premiere of Dancing with the Stars. That involves identifying alternate temporary programming for the Tuesday 8-10 PM time slot and crafting a new rollout plan for Season 32 of the dance competition.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that two-time Emmy acting nominee Matt Walsh is hitting pause on his participation in this season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. His decision comes asthe dance competition has come under scrutiny amid the writers strike, with the WGA picketing rehearsals yesterday in at least two locations around Los Angeles.

There was more trouble for Dancing with the Stars after it faced its second picket line of the day.

The writers are waltzing after Dancing with the Stars after all.