{
  "id": 7876154,
  "title": "‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 35 Premiere Hits 6.7 Million Viewers, Best Opener in Six Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-premiere-hits-6-7-million-viewers",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T21:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-premiere-ratings-1236864750/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“Dancing With the Stars” returned to ABC for its Season 35 premiere on Tuesday night and reached a strong 6.7 million viewers. That’s a 24% increase from the performance of the Season 34 premiere, which hit 5.4 million viewers in 2025. Even more, Tuesday’s episode marks the series’ best opener in six years, since Season […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘DWTS’ Season 35 Kicks Off With Nearly 7 Million Viewers, Biggest Premiere in 6 Years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/dwts-season-35-kicks-off-with-nearly-7-million-viewers-biggest",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:30:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}