EXCLUSIVE: Dancing with the Stars: The Subsequent Professional is proving to be a fierce new addition to the summer season TV lineup.
The brand new sequence, which chronicles the franchise’s seek for the subsequent skilled ballroom dancer earlier than Dancing with the celebrities Season 35 debuted to a complete viewers of 5.33 million after three days of viewing on ABC, Disney+, Hulu and digital platforms, in accordance with Nielsen Massive Information + Panel. The episode additionally earned a 0.86 ranking amongst adults 18–49.
For context, the primary viewers of season 34 of Dancing with the celebrities final fall, there have been 5.5 million dwell+ same-day viewers, and the sequence approached 10 million L+SD viewers throughout the finale. It was the best rated and most watched movie DWTS ultimate in 9 years, because of the franchise’s astonishing resurgence over the previous two years.
The launch of The subsequent professional is the primary main growth of the DWTS since its premiere in 2005. Over time, the sequence has hosted dozens {of professional} dancers, lots of whom returned for final season’s twentieth anniversary celebration. The primary successes of The subsequent professional bodes effectively for the upcoming season of the flagship sequence, indicating that its newest cultural resonance is poised to proceed.
In response to Nielsen, The subsequent professionalhosted by DWTS Season 34 champ Robert Irwin is ABC’s strongest summer season sequence premiere throughout any style since July 2020. In linear solely, the episode was the highest program of the evening each in whole viewers with 4.42 million and within the 18-49 demo with a 0.47 ranking.
At present, it is the perfect various sequence airing this TV season on broadcast and cable, excluding these fortunate sufficient to get NFL introductions.
Dancing with the Stars: The Subsequent Professional is produced by BBC Studios. The sequence airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC and streams the subsequent day on Disney+ and Hulu. Subsequent week, the remaining dancers will face one of many hardest challenges. Dancing with the celebrities challenges: a bunch efficiency. Mentored by Britt Stewart, they have to grasp a high-intensity routine in just some hours, testing teamwork, timing and resilience.