Dancing with the Stars will be returning to ABC on Monday night, and fans can expect to see some twists and changes.
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For starters, there will be no results shows on Tuesday nights. The series has had a pattern of doing away with these one-hour broadcasts and reinstating them. However, Dancing with the Stars will have special two-night events every now and then on ABC.
There will be a Tuesday night broadcast on September 15 but only to show pre-taped, behind-the-scenes footage from the September 14 premiere. In Week 2 of the competition, according to Wade, Dancing with the Stars will have performance shows on both Monday and Tuesday night as well as hometown visits for the celebrities and pro dancers.
While the network previously announced Len Goodman won't be returning to the judging panel next season because it's tough to juggle the series with his other project, Strictly Come Dancing, Wade revealed there will be no guest judges throughout the season to take his place.
"[Julianne Hough], [Carrie Ann Inaba] and [Bruno Tonioli] are a great judging panel, and they've got a lot of experience between them. Sometimes if you have four judges, their comments can repeat themselves. And that's not really entertaining for the viewer," Wade told TV Guide, adding that there's a "very, very likely chance" Goodman will be back for Season 22 in Spring 2016.
"For a man in his 70s, flying back and forth every week from London is pretty exhausting. I understand his position... Hopefully, he'll be back in the spring stronger than ever."
In addition, Dancing with the Stars will feature new theme nights. "Most Memorable Year of Your Life" will reportedly return, but Wade hopes to throw in some new twists and turns beginning in Week 5 that will keep the pros on their toes.
"We want to keep the whole season a bit of a surprise for the dancers and the couples," Wade explained.
"It's good to put challenges in front of them when they're unsuspecting, because then you get a real reaction to them... We have some really nice ideas which should hopefully cause a lot of drama and entertainment and intrigue in that back end of the season."
Producers will also probably give the dreaded "Switch-Up" another go. The "Switch-Up" tasks the professional and celebrity pairings with learning a routine with a different partner. The pros feel extra pressure to deliver high scores since the contestants' fate in the competition are in their hands.
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