Dancing with the Stars
Week 1: Premiere
TV Flash files “Week 1: Premiere” as the first listed hour of season 23 — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 23, episode 1, aired 2016-09-12, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S23E01: listed hour 379 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, first listed hour of season 23. It aired 2016-09-12 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Week 10: Finale Part 2” (S22E11). Next is “Week #2 (The Results from last week & new Performances)” (S23E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The season kicks off with a large-scale opening number from Griffith Observatory; couples perform a jive, foxtrot, cha cha or Viennese waltz in a bid for America's vote.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Week 1: Premiere sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S23E01 is listed hour 379 of 509 — first listed hour of season 23, season 23 episode 1.
When did Dancing with the Stars S23E01 air?
Week 1: Premiere aired 2016-09-12 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Do I need ballroom knowledge?
No. Celebrities learn; pros sweat; judges shade. Scoring fights are plot. The mirrorball is democracy, not a syllabus.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, judges as a chorus of shade. Dancing with the Stars is Monday-night ritual: mirrorball as democracy, scoring fights as plot, ballroom glitter that outlasted every prediction that the franchise should have tired by now.
So about Monday night: we are still fighting about a mirrorball. Dancing with the Stars, the U.S. version of Strictly Come Dancing, premiered on ABC in 2005 and became a long-running franchise — Tom Bergeron hosting, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli as a chorus of shade, celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, scoring fights as plot. Voting controversies are half the entertainment. Glitter as democracy. Thirty-five seasons in this pack, 509 episodes, still refusing to clock out. (I said…
Filed against
- Tom Bergeron as Host
Tom Bergeron hosted Dancing with the Stars as Host — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, judges as a chorus of shade, Monday-night ritual, mirrorball as democracy. Scoring fights as plot. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- Lenny Goodman as Judge
Lenny Goodman judged Dancing with the Stars as Monday-night ritual shade — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, mirrorball as democracy, scoring fights as plot. Ballroom glitter that outlasted every prediction the franchise…
- Carrie Ann Inaba as Judge
Carrie Ann Inaba judged Dancing with the Stars as the technical conscience in a chorus of shade — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, Monday-night ritual, mirrorball as democracy. Scoring fights as plot, glitter that…
- Bruno Tonioli as Judge
Bruno Tonioli judged Dancing with the Stars like a chorus of shade with better posture — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, Monday-night ritual that outlasted every prediction the franchise should have tired. Mirrorball as…