The Season 35 premiere of “Dancing with the Stars” is Tuesday … well, at least part of it is. In a change from the format the series has followed for the last few years, the show will be doing a two-night premiere on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The professional dancer reflects on the "overwhelming" support from viewers heading into the new season, where she's partnered with Taylor Hanson: "This year might be the season."
The new season sports a two-night premiere: The female celebrities will compete on Wednesday, Sept. 16, while the men get things started on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
“Dancing With the Stars” may have had too many voters than it could handle. After the second dance of the Sept. 15 Season 35 premiere, hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro revealed that online voting is down and audiences could only vote via text.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from night one of the Season 35 premiere of Dancing with the Stars. Back like they never left! The ballroom at CBS Television City was once again glittering with celebrities on Tuesday night to kick off Season 35 of Dancing with the Stars.
The ballroom is officially back open. “Dancing With the Stars” returned this week for its 35th season, kicking off with a two-night premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+. After the premiere, new episodes will continue airing live Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
“Dancing With the Stars” returned to ABC for its Season 35 premiere on Tuesday night and reached a strong 6.7 million viewers. That’s a 24% increase from the performance of the Season 34 premiere, which hit 5.4 million viewers in 2025.
Dancing with the Stars is off to a dazzling start with last night’s Season 35 premiere on ABC and Disney+. The episode, which saw only the male celebrities and their pro partners compete, attracted 6.67 million total live + same-day viewers, according to preliminary data from Nielsen.
"Dancing with the Stars" season 35 is already airing its second night! Let's take a look at everything you need to know to watch this legendary TV series.
Closing out the two-night premiere, which kicked off on Tuesday, Sept. 15, the female stars will perform a dance to a No. 1 song from the year they were born.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the second of ABC’s two-night Dancing with the Stars Season 35 premiere. Why have one night of Dancing with the Stars when you can have two? Fresh off the news that last night’s premiere was the most watched in six years, the kickoff continued Wednesday…
