According to Deadline, the popular show Dancing with the Stars will now air on Tuesdays starting September 26 and Jamie Lynn Spears has been added to the celebrity lineup.
What’s Happening:
- Fans of Dancing With the Stars can now watch the show on Tuesdays starting September 26 with an expanded premiere.
- Originally, it was set to premiere on Mondays, but the network has been moving around the reality-heavy schedule due to the ongoing strike.
- The show has also announced its third competitor for the 32nd season.
- Jamie Lynn Spears is joining Ariana Madix and Charity Lawson.
- It was also revealed that Spears will be partnered with pro Alan Bersten and that season 32 will premiere Sept. 26 on ABC and Disney+.
- Spears is best known for playing the titular character Zoey Brooks on Nickelodeon's teen sitcom Zoey 101 for four seasons between 2005 and 2008, and for singing the show's theme song. She reprised the role this year in the sequel film, Zoey 102. Most recently, Spears has starred on Netflix's Sweet Magnolias, playing Noreen Fitzgibbons, since the show premiered in 2020.
- Spears said that while everyone in her community is on strike (referencing the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes), she has a unique opportunity where she can work – promising to donate her weekly salary to SAG and WGA, saying she can “just give back to them at a time where they can’t even give to themselves.”
- The full list of celebrities and professional dancers will be announced tomorrow on Good Morning America.
- Dancing with the Stars will be co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, with judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough.
What They’re Saying:
- Jamie Lynn Spears: "I don't know if one could ever be 100% ready to take on something this big. I didn't realize what a commitment it is, but it definitely is…I'm ready to challenge myself."