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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 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 2017.

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

A rhythm worth tracking.

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. 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 S24 — Spring 2017 — tiered.tv