Dancing with the Stars
Athletes Premiere: Week 1
TV Flash files “Athletes Premiere: Week 1” as the first listed hour of season 26 — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 26, episode 1, aired 2018-04-30, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S26E01: listed hour 417 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, first listed hour of season 26. It aired 2018-04-30 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “The Finals Part 2” (S25E12). Next is “Athletes: Week 2” (S26E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sports fans rejoice as one of the most competitive seasons of Dancing with the Stars ever fires up the scoreboard and welcomes 10 determined athletes who will take to the ballroom floor for their first dance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Athletes Premiere: Week 1 sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S26E01 is listed hour 417 of 509 — first listed hour of season 26, season 26 episode 1.
When did Dancing with the Stars S26E01 air?
Athletes Premiere: Week 1 aired 2018-04-30 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…