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Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli Of DWTS Reflect On ABC Show’s Longevity
Dancing with the Stars may be a reality competition staple today, but that wasn’t always the case, as co-host Julianne Hough and judge Bruno Tonioli recall.
In a recent interview with People at the 2026 Disney Upfront, Hough and Tonioli reflected on the pervasive doubt about whether the format would work.
“I mean, this show got turned down so many times at the beginning, because people were like, ‘A ballroom dancing show? Like, what? Is that really a thing?’” Hough recounted to the publication.
Tonioli, an inaugural judge alongside Carrie Ann Inaba (who remains on the panel) and the late Len Goodman, noted of the early days, which came a year after the British original, Strictly Come Dancing, developed prior: “It was May 2005, and at the time … Andrea Wong was running ABC, and Bob Iger was working there as well, and I know the story. It is a long story. They told me the story. And everybody was saying, ‘This is never gonna work. They’re crazy.’”
It was Wong who ultimately gave the greenlight, Tonioli said, and shortly afterward, the ballroom dancing contest program became a hit.
“Next year, we were up there with American Idol — I could not believe it,” Tonioli recalled.
The duo credited the show’s long-lasting popularity to its “beating heart.”
“To see that it’s been around — not only just survived 20 years, but is now thriving more than it ever has — it just goes to show that when you stay in authenticity and integrity of what this show is — which is craftsmanship, just rooting for people to grow and succeed, and go on the journey of transformation, and keep that family experience — that’s timeless,” Hough concluded.
And soon, the legacy will expand: The show has been unsurprisingly renewed for a 35th season, and a forthcoming spinoff series is in the works, titled Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro and to be hosted by Season 34 champ Robert Irwin. The offshoot involves the search for the franchise’s next pro dancer, as 12 up-and-coming competitors move into one house and face off in a grueling audition process for a coveted Season 35 slot.
As previously reported by Deadline, DWTS exploded in popularity last year, raking in its largest audience in years driven by interest from younger viewers. In November, Season 34 posted the show’s highest-rated finale in nearly a decade.
Of the spinoff, Hough told People it’s thrilling to see the next generation of dancers get the chance to “be seen and visible” for their craft at “the highest level.”
“To see the level of talent, to see the dedication and the execution, and then to let them get their flowers and be a part of the biggest dance show in the world,” she said.
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‘Landman’: Colm Feore Among 4 Upped To Regular As S3 Starts Production
We’ll be seeing more of Colm Feore, Mustafa Speaks, Bobbi Salvor Menuez, and Francesca Xuereb in Season 3 of Landman. All four have been promoted to series regulars as Season 3 productions gets underway in Fort Worth, TX.
They join previously announced new series regular Michael Kelly in Taylor Sheridan‘s hit oil drama series.
Set in the boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern tale of fortune seeking amongst roughnecks and wildcat billionaires – fueling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping the climate, the economy and geopolitics.
In Season 2, as oil rises from the earth, so do secrets – and Tommy Norris’s (Billy Bob Thornton) breaking point may be closer than he realizes. Facing mounting pressure from M-Tex Oil, Cami Miller (Demi Moore), and the shadow of his kin, survival in West Texas isn’t noble – it’s brutal. And sooner or later something’s got to break.
Details of the Season 3 storyline have yet to be revealed.
Starring Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore, the cast also includes Andy Garcia, Ali Larter and Sam Elliott, along with Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, and James Jordan.
Landman is executive produced by Sheridan, David C. Glasser, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Christian Wallace, Billy Bob Thornton, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman, and Stephen Kay. Dan Friedkin and Jason Hoch for Imperative Entertainment, and J.K. Nickell and Megan Creydt for Texas Monthly also executive produce.
Landman is produced by Paramount Television Studios, 101 Studios, and Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions.
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Casey Bloys Talks “Catastrophe” Of TV Content Bubble Bursting, More
Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, jokingly requested some credit for not canceling his appearance at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference Thursday which came at a very awkward time. It was held two days after Paramount‘s streaming chief Cindy Holland’s exit cleared the way for Bloys to take over the combined Paramount+/HBO Max streaming operation but ahead of Paramount’s acquisition of HBO parent WBD officially closing and the merged company’s leadership structure, including Bloys’ exact position and title, being announced.
That led to a series of deflected questions, including whether HBO Max and Paramount+ will be fully merged or bundled.
But Bloys did say that Paramount CEO David Ellison “is very, very excited, very respectful of what the HBO team has done — not just in my tenure, but the entire history of HBO” and that he believes Ellison will “maintain what we’ve done.”
Bloys did address in depth the ongoing TV industry contraction — which the Paramount-WBD merger will likely be contributing to — in the aftermath of the Peak TV era that was driven by the rise of streaming.
“We are an industry in disruption, we used to compete against people who were selling cable subscription or advertising, main product was video entertainment,” he said. “We are now competing against companies that are in very different spaces, have different economics. We’re also on the backside of a bubble bursting, we went from 600 shows to 400, whatever it is. If you just think about those numbers, 200 shows and the average show, depending on how big it is, is a couple of hundred good paying jobs. That’s a catastrophe. That is very hard across the board. That is what it looks like when a bubble bursts. It’s ugly.”
Bloys did admit that the downfall was inevitable, referencing the craze at the height of the market when over 600 scripted series were being made in a year.
“People were greenlighting shows based on an idea, it was not sustainable; you couldn’t make that many shows as an industry and monetize it properly,” Bloys said. “A bubble has some benefits on the way up in terms of people learning on shows because there’s so much work. The downside is really painful.”
It was not all bleak as Bloys had a positive outlook and said that he would still recommend pursuing a career in entertainment because it’s “a lot of fun.”
“My hope is, like any industry that gets disrupted, there is mergers, there is new players coming in,” he said. “Maybe we will find some certainty, some calmness.”
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SCAD Film Festival TV Sidebar Spotlights ‘Furious,’ ‘VisionQuest’, More
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival’s third annual TV Sidebar is set, with four TV program screenings followed by award presentations and conversations with the stars of the series.
The fest, which runs October 24-31 in Savannah, GA will spotlight episodes of The Good Daughter, VisionQuest, Furious and The Lowdown.
Based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling novel, The Good Daughter stars Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne. Fahy will receive the Spotlight in Television Award on October 24 at a screening of one of the show’s episodes. In The Good Daughter, Fahy stars as Charlotte “Charlie” Quinn alongside Byrne as Samantha “Sam” Quinn. Written and executive produced by Slaughter and directed by Steph Green, the limited series premieres November 12 on Peacock.
Paul Bettany will receive the Virtuoso Award on October 26 at a screening of Marvel Television’s VisionQuest. The Disney+ series continues the story of Vision following the events of WandaVision, with Bettany returning to the role he has portrayed across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor’s latest superhero installment will close out the trilogy that began with WandaVision, for which he received an Emmy nomination, and Agatha All Along.
Emmy Rossum will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Television Award on October 28 at a screening of the Hulu Original drama series Furious. Created, written and executive produced by Elizabeth Meriwether, the thriller stars Rossum as FBI agent Alice Black, who is on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer (Lola Petticrew). The series, on which Rossum serves as an EP, also stars Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Scoot McNairy.
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Ethan Hawke and Sterlin Harjo will receive the Outstanding Collaboration in Television Award on October 30 at a screening of their FX and Hulu series The Lowdown. Created, executive produced, written and directed by Harjo, the Tulsa-set noir series stars Hawke as Lee Raybon, a self-proclaimed “truthstorian” and citizen journalist whose relentless pursuit of the truth continually lands him in trouble.
In addition, Deadline during the fest will present “Below the Line: Scoring for the Screen with the Alliance for Women Film Composers,” a behind-the-scenes look at how today’s most innovative voices are redefining the sound of cinema. The conversation will feature members of the Alliance for Women Film Composers discuss their creative process, the challenges and triumphs of the industry, and the role composers play in bringing depth and resonance to film and television.
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