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Sean Spicer probably did himself no favors with his comment to CNN that he’s “not changing,” and that his casting as a contestant on ABC's upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars might help "move the country forward in a positive way.” Critics on Twitter weren’t ready to tango. “Why doesn't Sean Spicer understand we…

Refresh for updates Tom Bergeron, the longtime host of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, isn’t happy with the booking of Sean Spicer, Donald Trump’s former White House press secretary, as a contestant for the upcoming season. In a tweet today following the casting announcement, Bergeron wrote that he had hoped the…

Sean Spicer was often accused of dancing around the facts when he was the press secretary for Donald Trump’s White House, but he’ll get a chance to show actual steps as a contestant on the 28th season of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, premiering Sept. 16. ABC announced the new season’s line-up of contestants and their…

Dancing With the Stars is set to undergo a number of format changes for its upcoming 28th season. ABC hopes that these tweaks, high-profile casting and the fact the dancing competition is set to air once a year will refresh the show for the future. In May, ABC renewed the show and revealed it was going to freshen up…

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…