'Dancing With The Stars' Season 17 Cast and Structure Changes to Draw Viewers?
With the 17th season of "Dancing With the Stars" cast announced, many are eager to see how the show will stay fresh. A few innovations have been announced, including a structural change that will have a two-hour block on Monday nights in which both performance and results will be shown. Will that be enough to keep viewers interested in the show?
Executive producer Conrad Green recently spoke with TV Guide about how he thinks the new structure being combined with a personable cast will lead to success for the show's 17th season.
"Obviously it's always very challenging in ratings terms when shows mature. I think the key is, you do need to keep innovating. You do need to keep trying new things," Green said.
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Green is excited to be able to offer fans instant gratification with the performance and results being shown all in one night.
"While we're very proud of what we've put into the results show, we do understand that making one compact show with everything in it for the audience is an attractive proposition. There are a lot of shows around that demand hours and hours of your attention over multiple nights a week, and it's quite nice to be able to say, 'Let's put everything into one really impressive two-hour show,'" Green explained.
But it isn't just the show structure that has Green confident about ratings. The producer feels that this year's cast is really something special.
"I genuinely think this cast is so packed with personalities, compared to many previous casts we've had, and everyone is sort of shining at the moment," Green said. "This is one of the strongest casts we've had in years, in terms of there really is something for everyone. There's lots of people you'll bump into who you'll grow to love, or you might see a different side of."
