Yesterday, Tom Bergeron revealed that he was not asked back to host Dancing with the Stars. Today, ABC announced that Tyra Banks will replace him and Erin Andrews. Not only will she be hosting, but she will also be an executive producer.
They are taking the show into a new direction, a direction I have no interest in seeing. Who likes Tyra? I mean she was so bad on America’s Got Talent, that she only did one season. If she couldn’t survive doing that, how is she going to handle doing this show?
Another worrying thing about the press release is that there are three things are missing from it. Those three things are Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Len Goodman. I wonder if the show is thinking of replacing them. They better not because if there are too many changes, and they will lose viewers faster than the Quickstep.
Now, let’s circle back to Bergeron. If Fox fires Nick Cannon from Masked Singer, then I hope they give the job to the Taco. Wouldn’t that be the perfect FU to ABC? Something they need for doing this.
Tom Bergeron has some news to share about Dancing with the Stars, and it is not good. He wrote, “Just informed @DancingABC will be continuing without me. It’s been an incredible 15 year run and the most unexpected gift of my career. I’m grateful for that and for the lifelong friendships made. That said, now what am I supposed to do with all of these glitter masks?”
I am grateful he still has a sense of humor about it because I don’t. Out of all of the elements of the dancing competition show, he is the only one that is worth keeping. He is the glue that keeps it all together.
They could get replace of all of the judges. They could replace his bland co-host. They could replace all of the professional dancers. But they cannot replace him.
He is quick-witted, warm, and comforting to all of the contestants. He is by far the best part of the show. I don’t get it.
Especially, when this upcoming season is going to be full of so many unknowns because of the coronavirus pandemic. We need him to make us feel comfortable during this time. There is no one that is as good as him to do that job.
DWTS’s loss is going to be someone else’s gain. He is the best reality host, and I am sure he will be snapped up faster than a Quickstep.
I mean, who else could have handled Marie Osmond’s fainting better than he did. ABC has made a lot of mistakes, and this is their biggest.
How do you feel about Dancing with the Stars going on without him?
UPDATE: ABC and BBC Studios released a statement, and it sounds like they are going to go hostless. “Tom Bergeron will forever be part of the _Dancing with the Stars_ family. As we embark on a new creative direction, he departs the show with our sincerest thanks and gratitude for his trademark wit and charm that helped make this show a success. Erin will also not be returning, and we appreciate all that she brought to the ballroom. Fans have been rooting for her since she originally competed as a contestant back in 2010, and her signature sense of humor has become a hallmark of the show.”
Here is my thinking, they are going to do the show remotely. Therefore, it will be too much to have any hosts, and figure where to place them in one of their boxes. They will probably just have that British guy introduce the dances and then have the judges critique them. It makes sense, but it does not mean I like it. What do you think?
Many people took on new hobbies while staying home during the coronavirus pandemic. Len Goodman is one of those people, and the Dancing with the Stars judge spent his time growing a vegetable garden with his wife, Sue.
Today, he lettuce, I mean, let us and This Morning’s anchors, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, see what he has been planting. Not only were they impressed, so I was.
Something that started as out as what he thought would be a necessity, in case we ran out of veggies, turned into something that he and his wife, since 2012, enjoy doing during this tough time.
For those of us, who say you can be too old to try something new, he is 76 and look at what he is doing. Just like his vegetable garden, he is blooming.
I wonder what he is going to do when Dancing with the Stars starts up again. Will he leave his babies in Kent? Maybe he can transfer some of them to the States with him? He can have Bruno Tonioli talk to them. I am sure that the plants will flourish with his enthusiastic voice. Something that they are not used to with their dad’s calming one. Not that either are a bad thing.
Due to the coronavirus, the fall schedule of broadcast television is pretty much up in the air for most shows including Dancing the with the Stars.
Today when Tom Bergeron was on Extra, they asked him if the ballroom will be open in the fall. He says, “I think that is the hope.” However, he added, “It’s hard to imagine, right now, a scenario where 700 people in an audience and 24 sweaty dancers can all be in the same room. We’ll see if some variation of that is concocted.”
There is a way they can do it remotely. So many dance studios are closed because it is not an essential business. Therefore, each couple can get their own studio. The judges and the hosts can go live from their homes. Sadly, there will be no studio audience. I think they would be worth the sacrifice to bring the dancing competition back in a few months.
