ABC will have again Dancing with the stars on the air after the long-running competition series made a brief detour to Disney+ last year.
The broadcast network will broadcast the 32nd season of DWTS in the fall, and it will also be streamed live on Disney+. The reversal comes just over a year after the surprise announcement that the show would become a Disney+ exclusive, with hopes that the weekly show — which averaged more than 6 million viewers for its final ABC run in 2021 — would help subscribers get to attract and retain. the streamer.
Dancing with the stars will now run on both platforms and stream on Hulu the following day. Returning the unscripted series to the broadcast network could also be a form of insurance if the Writers Guild of America strike, which began Monday night, lasted long enough to prevent the normal start of production of scripted shows for the fall. to influence.
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