ABC is to introduce some "fun" new format changes to Dancing with the Stars when it returns in the fall and is going after bigger celebrities than it has done in years. Last week, the series was renewed for a 28th season after it was rested this spring. ABC Entertainment president revealed that it wanted to freshen up…

Two of ABC’s venerable reality franchises will be returning. Dancing With the Stars has been renewed for a 28th season and The Bachelor for Season 24. Hosted by Erin Andrews and Tom Bergeron, along with judges Len Goodman and Carrie Ann Inaba, DWTS’ Season 27 closer drew 7.90 million total viewers and a 1.1/4 rating…

UPDATED: ABC is going all-in on freshman drama series A Million Little Things with a Thursday 9 PM slot for the rest of its first season. Meanwhile, after two installments in the fall — regular and junior — the network’s reality stalwart Dancing with the Stars will be taking a break. It is not on ABC’s midseason…

Strictly Come Dancing, the British entertainment smash that was the basis for Dancing With The Stars, is getting a new showrunner. Louise Rainbow is stepping down from the BBC One series to be replaced by series editor Sarah James. Rainbow leaves after six years with the current series to be her last. She will…

On almost any other Monday, the season finale of Dancing With the Stars (1.3/5) would be the top competition on TV, but the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs decided last night wasn't just any other Monday. Handing out thousands of tickets to brave men and women who fought the fires that have ravaged California…

NBC's The Voice and Manifest bested Big 4 competition all six hours of primetime in the demo and in total viewers. The Voice (1.9 demo rating, 9.21 million viewers) was the night's top telecast in both metrics, matching previous week's performance. Manifest (1.4, 7.34M)) slipped 1/10th in the demo but handily won 10…

2nd UPDATE Oct. 10: The saga of the Monday Oct. 9 primetime ratings took another unexpected turn this morning when Nielsen revised those odd official Live+same ratings for The Good Doctor from 1.2 rating in 18-49 and 7.477 million viewers to a 1.1 and 7.176 million viewers. Nielsen served a head-scratcher yesterday…

Snapshot, updated with final ratings: New series premieres: NBC's New Amsterdam (1.8 Live+same day rating in 18-49, 8.4 million viewers after downward adjustment because of This Is Us overrun), CBS' FBI (1.3, 10.1 million); Returning series premieres: NCIS: New Orleans even, all others down double-digits from last…

ABC revealed the full cast for Dancing With The Stars Season 27 Wednesday on Good Morning America. Competing for the Mirrorball Trophy this fall are Harry Potter alum Evanna Lynch, Fuller House‘s Juan Pablo Di Pace and former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider. Also on the roster are comedian Nikki Glaser, radio…

Facts of Life alumna Nancy McKeon will be competing for the coveted Mirror Ball Trophy on the upcoming Season 27 of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, it was revealed Wednesday on Good Morning America. McKeon , the first celebrity announced for the new season, will compete with Dancing with the Stars veteran and two-time…

In the end, the devil is always in the details in the television business and for the series finale of the now canceled Lucifer (0.8/4) last night the dark lord was pleased. With literally a big reveal at the end of the Season 3 closer of the Tom Ellis led series set in the City of Angeles, Lucifer was up a tenth…

The band got back together on the Season 2 finale of Kevin Can Wait (1.0/4) as Adam Sandler and Chris Rock made guest appearances on the CBS comedy but the real rock stars of the night had to be LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. While the Kevin James show was down just a tenth from its Season 1 ender of May 8…