Weekend Entertainment: ABC/Hulu hit Dancing With the Stars racks up another ratings with 18-49 viewers.

  • Building on its remarkable success this season, “Dancing with the Stars” was the top entertainment program of the night in Adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), based on Live+Same Day data.
  • With the show’s festive “Disney Night,” “Dancing with the Stars” (0.72 rating) led its closest competition in the 8-10 p.m. time period on CBS by +85% (0.39 rating), NBC by +95% (0.37 rating) and FOX by 300% (0.18 rating).
  • “Dancing with the Stars” topped the previous week’s episode in Total Viewers by 10% (4.85 million vs. 4.40 million)and in Adults 18-49 by +7% (0.72 rating vs. 0.67 rating), hitting a 4-week high in both measures – since 9/24/24.
  • The season’s popular “Disney Night”increased on the comparable “Disney Night” telecast from last season by +24% (0.72 rating vs. 0.58 rating).
  • In addition, the “Dancing with the Stars”’ “Disney Night” episode ranked as the No. 1 program of the night in Kids 2-11 (0.33 rating), hitting a season high.
  • Season to date, “Dancing with the Stars” stands as the No. 1 entertainment program on broadcast in Adults 18-49 (0.69 rating).
  • The strength of Tuesday night’s episode helped propel ABC to win the night in Adults 18-49 (0.58 rating) for the 3rd week in a row, among the broadcast networks.
  • Fan voting continues to break series records this season, with the show’s “Disney Night” setting an astonishing new benchmark with over 16 million votes for the teams.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live +Same Day Program Ratings for 10/22/24, or as dated. Season to date (9/23/24 – 10/23/24).

Jim Williams is the Washington Bureau Chief, Digital Director as well as the Director of Special Projects for Genesis Communications. He is starting his third year as part of the team. This is Williams 40th year in the media business, and in that time he has served in a number of capacities. He is a seven time Emmy Award winning television producer, director, writer and executive. He has developed four regional sports networks, directed over 2,000 live sporting events including basketball, football, baseball hockey, soccer and even polo to name a few sports. Major events include three Olympic Games, two World Cups, two World Series, six NBA Playoffs, four Stanley Cup Playoffs, four NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournaments (March Madness), two Super Bowl and over a dozen college bowl games. On the entertainment side Williams was involved s and directed over 500 concerts for Showtime, Pay Per View and MTV Networks.