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ShowsDancing with the StarsSeason 31
Aired fall 2022 · First season airing exclusively on Disney+

The Streaming Move

Season thirty-one left ABC's broadcast schedule and moved to Disney+ for its regular episodes — a platform shift that ended the show's fifteen-year run as a traditional network broadcast. The format stayed intact while its distribution model changed entirely.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
CBS Television City, Los Angeles
Premiered
Sep 19, 2022
Disney+ · September 2022
Episodes
12
Format
Celebrity ballroom · 12 episodes
First season on Disney+; moved off ABC broadcast
Host
Tyra Banks, Alfonso Ribeiro
Second season with Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro as co-hosts
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

The Streaming Move.

The same show on a different screen: a platform shift that changed how the format reached its audience without changing the format itself.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season thirty-one is the show's historic distribution pivot. After fifteen-plus years as an ABC broadcast staple, regular episodes moved exclusively to Disney+ — a shift that changed where the format reached its audience without altering the structure. Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro returned as co-hosts, twelve episodes played out in the familiar competitive shape, and the arc followed the expected pattern. What changed was the platform, the screen, the delivery model, everything around the format rather than the format itself.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #30 slot.

Slot #30 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 · #30
Dancing with the Stars S31 — The Streaming Move — tiered.tv