All episodes Season 33 S33E03 2024-10-07 120 min 2000s ABC

Dancing with the Stars

Soul Train Night

TV Flash files “Soul Train Night” as hour 489 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 33, episode 3, aired 2024-10-07, 120 min.

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This leaf is S33E03: listed hour 489 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 3 of 10 in season 33. It aired 2024-10-07 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Oscars Night” (S33E02). Next is “Hair Metal Night” (S33E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Dancing with the Stars — Soul Train Night (S33E03)

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The night will start with a soulful opening number to "T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)" by MFSB featuring The Three Degrees, choreographed by Luam and featuring guest dancer and "Soul Train" alum Popin Pete of The Electric Boogaloos. Partner dances to include the Rumba, Jive, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep. For the first time this season, judge Derek Hough will provide his expert insights, tips and tricks during a master class centered around the classic hit "Get Down On It" by Kool & the Gang.

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Where does Soul Train Night sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?

S33E03 is listed hour 489 of 509 — hour 3 of 10 in season 33, season 33 episode 3.

When did Dancing with the Stars S33E03 air?

Soul Train Night aired 2024-10-07 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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