‘Dancing With The Stars’ Will No Longer Postpone Season 32 Premiere
etcanada.comOn the heels of the Writers Guild of America’s tentative deal, ABC confirmed the season will premiere as originally scheduled.
Dancing With the Stars will samba onto fans’ screens as originally planned. Following Sunday’s news that the Writers Guild of America has struck a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end the 146-day-long writers’ strike, ABC confirmed on Monday that the ballroom competition will premiere as originally scheduled on Tuesday, Sept.
26. The news marks a quick change from last week, when ET learned that ABC was putting in place plans to postpone Tuesday’s season 32 premiere amid the then-ongoing strike. READ MORE: Britney Spears Is Not Thrilled About Sister Jamie Lynn Competing On ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ Source Says The plan involved the network identifying alternate temporary programming for the Tuesday 8 to 10 p.m.
time slot and crafting a new rollout plan for season 32 of the show. A source close to production told ET that “there are over 500 people employed for the show and the talent are allowed to work on this show under the SAG Network Code agreement, but due to rising pressure that the talent is receiving, we are preparing to postpone.” One of the season 32 contestants, comedian and actor Matt Walsh, planned to pause his involvement from the show in support of the writers’ strike.
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