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Aired spring 2016 · A cast with genuine range in background and public narrative

Spring 2016

Season twenty-two assembled a spring cast with more narrative range than the slot typically delivers. A deaf model and actor, a network news anchor, and an NFL star gave the competition entry points that pushed the live-vote dynamic well above the spring-run average.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
CBS Television City, Los Angeles
Premiered
Mar 21, 2016
ABC · March 2016
Episodes
10
Format
Celebrity ballroom · 10 episodes
One of the stronger personality casts of the single-abc-era spring runs
Host
Tom Bergeron
twenty-second 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

Spring 2016.

Accessibility and personality pulled the season above the spring-run average — a cast that gave viewers multiple threads worth following.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season twenty-two brought together a celebrity roster with genuine narrative range. Nyle DiMarco's participation as a deaf competitor gave the season an accessibility thread that produced real viewer engagement beyond the choreographic arc. Ginger Zee, Wanya Morris, and Von Miller each carried distinct public profiles that fed the competitive frame in different ways. Ten episodes kept the stakes high throughout. Among single-abc-era spring seasons, it delivered a cast personality that most peers in the spring slot could not match.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #23 slot.

Slot #23 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 · #23
Dancing with the Stars S22 — Spring 2016 — tiered.tv