How to watch the Season 33 premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars' tonight

(Andrew Eccles/Disney)
(Andrew Eccles/Disney)

Dancing with the Stars is back for Season 33 this week, with a star-studded cast worth tuning in for. If it’s your first time watching the show, the general gist is this: 13 celebrities from a wide range of fame backgrounds (actors, athletes, reality stars, the occasional con artist) are paired up with professional dancers. Together, the pairs compete with a new dance each week for a shot at winning the Mirrorball Trophy. This year, the Dancing with the Stars cast includes Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran of Bachelor fame, recent Olympians Ilona Maher and Stephen Nedoroscik, former NBA player Dwight Howard, reality star Phaedra Parks and controversial con artist and ex-convict Anna Delvey.

This season will be hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, and judged by Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli serving as judges. Are you ready to tune in? You can catch DWTS live on ABC and Disney+. The first episode premieres tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch Dancing with the Stars.

Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars premieres tonight, Sept. 17, 2024 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

New episodes of DWTS will air weekly at 8pm ET and PT.

DWTS airs live on ABC. The show also streams live on Disney+.

Yes! You can watch new episodes of Dancing with the Stars live on Disney+ as they air simultaneously on ABC. You can also catch the episodes on the platform on-demand after they air.

This season of Dancing with the Stars has a star-studded cast that includes Bachelor and Bachelorette stars Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran, 2024 Olympics Ilona Maher and Stephen Nedoroscik and so many more new dancers.

  • Danny Amendola - former NFL player (Witney Carson)

  • Anna Delvey - con artist (Ezra Sosa)

  • Joey Graziadei - star of The Bachelor season 28 (Jenna Johnson)

  • Dwight Howard - former NBA player (Daniella Karagach)

  • Chandler Kinney - actor and singer (Brandon Armstrong)

  • Ilona Maher - Olympian, rugby player (Alan Bersten)

  • Brooks Nader - model (Gleb Savchenko)

  • Stephen Nedoroscik - Olympian, gymnast (Rylee Arnold)

  • Phaedra Parks - reality star (Val Chmerkovskiy)

  • Eric Roberts - actor (Britt Stewart)

  • Tori Spelling - actor (Pasha Pashkov)

  • Jenn Tran - star of The Bachelorette season 21 (Sasha Farber)

  • Reginald VelJohnson - actor (Emma Slater)

Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough will host Season 33 of DWTS.

Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli are serving as judges this season on DWTS.

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