THE NUMBERS
Scoring its highest-rated multiplatform telecast of the season in Adults 18-49, the Tuesday, November 21 telecast of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” jumped to 7.81 million viewers after seven days of viewing on linear and streaming platforms, delivering the show’s most-watched multiplatform telecast on the network since its September 2021 season premiere — since 09/20/21.
The ABC unscripted series soared to a 1.36 rating among Adults 18-49, marking its highest-rated multiplatform telecast of the season.
“A Celebration of Taylor Swift” was the night’s theme and helped the show grow over the prior week by +13% in Total Viewers (7.81 million vs. 6.92 million) and shot up week-to-week by +25% in Adults 18-49 (1.36 rating vs. 1.09 rating), building for the 3rd straight week and posting the competition series’ biggest week-to-week gains this season in both Nielsen measures.
The episode saw Harry Jowsey (“Too Hot to Handle”) and his professional partner Rylee Arnold eliminated from the competition. The pair performed the Rumba to the song “August” and the Jive Relay to the song “Shake It Off.”
Check out the multiplatform ratings performance for “Dancing with the Stars” below.
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Source: The Nielsen Company, preliminary ABC Multiplatform+7 Day data for 11/21/23.
