Dancing With the Stars is heading to Disney Plus
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Image: Disney Wildly popular celebrity competition series Dancing With the Stars is heading to Disney Plus, marking the first live series to debut exclusively on the streaming service.
The series previously aired 30 seasons across 16 years on ABC, Disney's broadcast TV network. Disney said the series has an exclusive two-season pickup on Disney Plus and will premiere in the US and Canada in the fall. The show will be shot in front of a live audience by BBC Studios' production arm in Los Angeles.
Specifics about Disney Plus' rights to past seasons are unclear. Asked whether Dancing With the Stars will air on broadcast at all moving forward or whether Disney Plus will get the entirety of the show's catalog, Disney spokesperson Heather Levine told The...