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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 9:09 am 
Starting a new thread for Season 29! 
I wonder how they are going to make this work? I guess just no live audience?
quote:Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:55 am
Season 29 starts Sept 14th:
https://tvline.com/2020/08/18/dancing-with-the-stars-season-29-premiere-date-abc-dwts/
(14 pros- so expect a longer season)
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 12:58 pm
I may be done with this show. I am not happy with the cast changes. I loved Tom and Erin! It will not be the same show without them. Big mistake, ABC!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 1:11 pm
Yeah, unbelievably with everything else going on I'd forgotten that they fired Tom and Erin. 
I can't see how this will work well without them. I'll give it a chance but I doubt I'll like it as much. Tom was the consummate host for a show like this and Erin was great as well. Plus I'm not a big Tyra fan. She seems very fake to me.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 1:18 pm
Posted by one of the pros in the Men of Dancing with the Stars FB group.
quote:No info on the celebrities yet. Sharna is back! Three married couples competing and they have to live apart due to new health regulations. Two previous dancers are now Pros. New babies to come... Lindsay and Witney. No Artem this season, but he has a newborn. So let’s be happy for that. And, as we all know... unfortunately Tom and Erin are no longer hosting the show. But we can still cheer for our Pros and enjoy some dance. I’m sure much more info will come soon. Good Luck to Everyone!
No "good luck, Tyra" or even mention of her. 
More information about the season.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 3:11 pm
Thanks for the link Color.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 12:17 am
The ads with Tyra come across as bragging..
I am not very tempted to watch.
Tom made the show for me.
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 10:55 am
I'm not going to watch it now that Tom and Erin are gone. They made this show so much fun to watch.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 12:32 pm
Tom was the consummate host for a show like this and Erin was great as well. Plus I'm not a big Tyra fan. She seems very fake to me.
100% agree on all points, Jimmer! Very sad. 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 7:51 am
Forcing three married couples to live apart from each other for three months is just bizarre and makes zero sense to me (but I'm not from California).
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 10:59 am
I am from California, and I also think it's bizarre. What does California have to do with it???
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 11:09 am
Because they are saying "due to new health regulations." We don't have health regulations in Louisiana that say you have to live separate from your spouse for three months. I'm assuming this is a "California thing."
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 12:26 pm
It's not a California thing. LOL people aren't living separate from their spouses in California. It's probably a DWTS thing and it's part of the contract they signed when they agreed to perform on the show. No one "forced" them to sign the contract.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 12:47 pm
I live in So Cal and it doesnt make sense unless they are putting all the dancers in a bubble like BB
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 1:34 pm
I think the ‘logic’ is since none of the married couples are partnered with each other but with two other people, if the married couples lived together and got sick 2 teams would be knocked out of the show. But if they were separated, only 1 team would potentially be affected.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 2:34 pm
I agree Pamy, but why not put the spouses into the bubble as well, totally makes no sense.
If they are all in a bubble no one gets sick and infects anyone else.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 2:42 pm
They may have offered that but the spouses may have had other commitments?
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 3:04 pm
I think they are just being overly cautious, to be extra sure nobody gets sick. I'm still not sure I'm interested in watching this season. I'm really upset about Tom and Erin being fired, and I can't stand Tyra Banks. She is no Tom Bergeron.
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Bbpeach
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 3:13 pm
sounds to me like each dance couple will be housed separately. Since some of the pros are married to each other, then they will be separated from their spouse. I don’t know if the stars would also be separated from their families or if maybe the pro moves in with the stars families? Seems like then the whole family would have to be quarantined as well tho. Regardless, I think the post from the FB group is only talking about the pros.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 4:37 pm
Not a California thing. A COVID thing.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, August 21, 2020 - 7:56 am
It makes ZERO sense to me
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 12:40 am
Pretty sure it was the only way they were allowed to have a season.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 1:19 pm
“That B$@*h” Carole Baskins rumored to be one of the stars.
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Ladyb
Member
12-29-2007
| Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 7:15 am
GMA announced AJ McLean from Backstreet Boys as a celebrity dancer this season. Rest of cast will be announced Wednesday Sept.2
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 31, 2020 - 11:47 pm
The ads are annoying. All about how excited Tyra is to be host.
No thank you.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, September 01, 2020 - 8:07 am
I'm trying to imagine the production thinking that went into the decision to fire Tom and Erin and hire Tyra? I just don't get it.
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