'Dancing With the Stars' Premiere Has Fans Fuming Over Disney+ Move
'I can't stand when a show goes live stream'
I can’t stand when a show goes live stream and the app can’t handle the amount of streams. @Disney @DisneyPlus #DWTS pic.twitter.com/YiFvjna8sF
— Charlotte N (@charmies21) September 20, 2022
DWTS executive producer Conrad Green praised the technical team for making sure things work out while his group focuses on the creative end. "...I think I'm confident that we have this mapped out," he said. "We've tried to be super rigorous about it and how everything works and the testing we're doing. Bear in mind a lot of these pathways have effectively been done before with live transmission. A lot of what we're doing is known stuff. But yes, it's always a little bit nerve-wracking until you get that first show on air and everything works."
prevnext'Is Disney+ not working for anyone else?'
#dwts is disney+not working for anyone else?
— Brittany (Taylor's Version) (@brittsims97) September 20, 2022
Green's other challenge is to fill extra time on the show. Since there are no commercials, Green's team has to come up with over 30 minutes more content per week. The huge 16-contestant field will help early on, as will co-host Alfonso Ribeiro's interviews with contestants in the skybox. As the field whittles down though, he told Variety that fan-favorite segments like dance marathons and team dances may come back.
prevnext'It keeps freezing'
UGH..... watching a live show and streaming it is CRAP!!! It keeps freezing, streaming interrupted.... what a joke. Pay a fortune for cable @Bell_MTS and @DisneyPlus and both are crap#DWTS
Only those priveleged enough to afford Disney Plus can get it, and then its shit service
— Lee Mac (@LeeMac19871611) September 20, 2022
As for future live programming on Disney+, Paull said the focus is just on DWTS right now. "I think there's a lot of opportunity to differentiate the Disney+ experience using live programming," he told Variety. "I think there's a lot of content out there that would afford itself really well. And while this is the first live TV series we're doing on the platform, we think we're going to learn a lot from this experience. We also have a bunch of ideas in the pipeline. So hopefully, you'll see more to come."
prevnext'Can't get into Disney plus'
Can't get into disney plus wtf #DWTS
— EricaChristine (@ericazimm1) September 20, 2022
DWTS launched on ABC in June 2005 and is the U.S. adaptation of the long-running U.K. hit Strictly Come Dancing. The show was the anchor for ABC's primetime television lineup for well over a decade. At one point, two episodes aired a week, but the network trimmed it to a single episode per week when ratings decreased. There also used to be two cycles per television season, but ABC changed it to a single cycle for the 2018-2019 season. Now, for the first time since 2007, ABC will not have DWTS airing Monday nights.
prevnext'I'll watch the clips on YouTube'
Just found #DWTS is now only on Disney plus… love you Teresa wish you the best ❤️❤️ but I ain’t buying Disney plus 💀😂 I’ll watch the clips on YouTube
— DRINK WATER❄️❄️❄️❄️ (@bravomfbravo1) September 20, 2022
There were a few longtime DWTS fans who were not complaining about Disney+ technical problems, but the very fact that the show moved to a streaming platform at all. "Am I the only one who's pissed that #DWTS is not on Tv and that you have to actually pay for a subscription to Disney+ to watch it?! The biggest mistake they could've ever made," one fan wrote.
prevnext'The move from ABC to Disney+ is a mistake'
I like no commercials. But still think the move from abc to Disney plus is a mistake. #DWTS
— shawn baker (@shawn897) September 20, 2022
DWTS will stream live on Disney+ Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. Viewers across the country will be able to vote since it will stream live in all time zones.
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