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Aired fall 2013 · First season of the single-season-per-year format

Fall 2013

Season seventeen was the first fall edition under the new once-per-year model. Thirteen episodes gave the competitive arc more room than recent seasons, and the celebrity cast covered a range of backgrounds that kept the weekly results from settling into a foregone conclusion.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
CBS Television City, Los Angeles
Premiered
Sep 16, 2013
ABC · September 2013
Episodes
13
Format
Celebrity ballroom · 13 episodes
First season of once-per-year format, replacing double cycle
Host
Tom Bergeron
seventeenth season with Tom Bergeron at the helm
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

Fall 2013.

The first single-season format year — a new rhythm that gave the fall run more room to breathe.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season seventeen was the first edition under the single-season-per-year model that replaced the double cycle. Thirteen episodes gave the elimination arc more development room than the eleven-episode spring runs had allowed. The celebrity cast brought a workable mix of entertainment and athletic backgrounds, and the competitive field stayed reasonably open through the middle episodes. The format transition itself was the defining context — the rhythm changed, even if the structure on the floor did not.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #19 slot.

Slot #19 of 34 in the Dancing with the Stars Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Dancing with the Stars — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #19
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