All episodes Season 28 S28E09 2019-11-11 120 min 2000s ABC

Dancing with the Stars

Boy Band & Girl Group Night

TV Flash files “Boy Band & Girl Group Night” as hour 440 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 28, episode 9, aired 2019-11-11, 120 min.

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This leaf is S28E09: listed hour 440 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 9 of 11 in season 28. It aired 2019-11-11 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Dance-Off Week” (S28E08). Next is “Semi-Finals” (S28E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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A medley of songs from some of the most popular boy bands and girl groups in history; the six remaining couples compete; guest judges Emma Bunton and Joey Fatone.

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Where does Boy Band & Girl Group Night sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?

S28E09 is listed hour 440 of 509 — hour 9 of 11 in season 28, season 28 episode 9.

When did Dancing with the Stars S28E09 air?

Boy Band & Girl Group Night aired 2019-11-11 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.

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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…

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