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Aired spring 2017 · A solid spring run without a defining cast or format angle

Spring 2017

Season twenty-four delivered the spring format reliably across ten episodes. The celebrity cast brought familiar energy from sports, entertainment, and music — a workable mix that kept the competitive frame honest without generating a season-defining narrative.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
CBS Television City, Los Angeles
Premiered
Mar 20, 2017
ABC · March 2017
Episodes
10
Format
Celebrity ballroom · 10 episodes
Reliable spring run; no distinguishing casting or structural angle
Host
Tom Bergeron
twenty-fourth season with Tom Bergeron at the helm
On this page5 sections
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 04Adjacent in the canon
  5. 05In this canon
01The take

The format's job, nothing more.

Dependable format delivery with a cast that gave the ballroom everything expected — and not much more.
02The shape of the season

Ten episodes, a steady spring run.

Season twenty-four ran the spring format across ten episodes with a celebrity cast drawn from sports, entertainment, and television. Rashad Jennings, David Ross, and Heather Morris each brought solid performance backgrounds. The competitive arc played out in the expected shape — early adjustment, mid-season reshuffling, a narrowing back half. No casting decision or format adjustment changed the texture of the run. The season sits at the base of the single-abc-era spring catalog.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #27 slot.

Slot #27 of 34 in the Dancing with the Stars Editor's Canon. Season twenty-four ran the spring format across ten episodes with a celebrity cast that brought solid credentials from sports, entertainment, and music. The competitive arc played out in the expected shape: early adjustment, mid-season reshuffling, a narrowing back half as stronger partnerships separated from the field. Rashad Jennings, David Ross, and Heather Morris each contributed clean competitive arcs. Nothing about the casting or format departed from what the spring slot had already established. It sits below Fall 2017 for delivering the format honestly without a distinguishing thread to lift it above its neighbors.

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05In this canon

Its Editor's Canon entry.