“Dancing with the Stars” will look a lot different when it returns, but it may still return around the same time. ABC is eyeing a September premiere for the 29th season of the long-running series with strict Covid-19 protocols in place, according to our sister site “Deadline.”
Producers are currently submitting their health and safety paperwork for approval, and sources caution the site that the situation is “fluid and continuously evolving” due to the unpredictability of the virus — not to mention the spiking cases in Los Angeles, where the show is filmed. Producers are also still figuring out whether the show can air live.
Last week, two-time champ Peta Murgatroyd shared that she’s been told the cast will be tested for Covid-19, undergo daily temperature checks, quarantine, and will not travel during the week. “We’re going to be temperature-checked every day. We’re going to get Covid tests...
Producers are currently submitting their health and safety paperwork for approval, and sources caution the site that the situation is “fluid and continuously evolving” due to the unpredictability of the virus — not to mention the spiking cases in Los Angeles, where the show is filmed. Producers are also still figuring out whether the show can air live.
Last week, two-time champ Peta Murgatroyd shared that she’s been told the cast will be tested for Covid-19, undergo daily temperature checks, quarantine, and will not travel during the week. “We’re going to be temperature-checked every day. We’re going to get Covid tests...
- 7/28/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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