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How to Watch ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 35
The series returns with hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough with a two-night, double-elimination season premiere
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough (Disney/Matt Sayles)
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Dancing With the Stars returns for Season 35, with the series premiere broken into two nights. Tuesday’s show will feature the male celebrities and their dance partners competing, with one contestant eliminated at the end of the night. Wednesday’s show will feature the same two-hour format, but with the female contestants and their partners.
The show is co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, with a judging panel consisting of Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough. Following the two-night premiere, the show will return to its regular two-hour Tuesday-night slot.
At a Glance: How to Watch the Dancing With the Stars Premiere
The series airs at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on ABC and will be available to stream live on Disney+ and the next day on Hulu. You can also catch ABC with a free trial to a live-TV streaming service like DirecTV or Fubo.
Celebrity contestants this season include actors Harry Shum Jr. and Julia Stiles; figure skater Amber Glenn; reality TV personalities Tyler Cameron and Ciara Miller; and celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis. Each celebrity will dance to a Number One song from the year they were born, with an eclectic mix of songs including “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz, “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, and “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton.
Two contestants will be eliminated, one on Tuesday and another on Wednesday, which will be decided by a combination of the judges’ scores and online fan voting. Wednesday’s show will also feature a one-hour DWTS After Party hosted by Robert Irwin.
How to Watch Dancing With the Stars
Dancing With the Stars will air on ABC, which is available for free as an over-the-air channel. If you don’t have an antenna or cable, you can stream ABC with a free trial to a live-TV streaming service that carries it, like DirecTV or Fubo.
You can also stream the series live with a Disney+ subscription or the next day with a Hulu subscription, although neither streaming service offers a free trial. Here are some streaming options for Dancing With the Stars.
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DirecTV
➤ Five-day free trial
➤ $64.99/month
➤ Up to 185+ channels
ABC is available in all of DirecTV’s core packages, while Disney+ and Hulu are available in DirecTV’s Entertainment genre pack. Each tier is available with a five-day free trial.
Disney+
➤ Available with Hulu Bundle
➤ $11.99/month
➤ Includes select live events
Disney+ does not include a free trial, but it’s available as an affordable bundle with Hulu. Dancing With the Stars will air live on Disney+ at the same time it airs on ABC.
Fubo
➤ Five-day free trial
➤ $64.99/month
➤ Up to 300+ channels
Like DirecTV, Fubo carries ABC in its main streaming package, and you get a five-day free trial when you sign up. Fubo is also a popular option for sports streaming, and carries RSNs and other sports-centric channels.
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