Massively Popular Reality TV Show Axed After 2 Decades – The Daily Beast

So You Think You Can Dance won’t be asking competitors that question anymore. Fox has officially canceled the program after nearly 20 years on air. “Obviously, a really important show in the history of Fox, and right now, there’s no plans to order another season,” the network’s president, Rob Wade, told reporters. “We’ve had conversations about it, but nothing formal.” The reality TV show followed contestants as they competed in various dance challenges for the title of “America’s best dancer.” It made household names of singers such as Ariana DeBose, tWitch and Tate McRae. Lauren Sánchez Bezos hosted its first season in 2005, back when she was still Lauren Sánchez. Many popular names sat in the judges’ chairs, including JoJo Siwa, Allison Holker, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, but perhaps most famously, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe and former dancer Mary Murphy. The program faced various controversies and setbacks after its 2020 hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2022 with JoJo, tWitch, and Matthew Morrison as judges, but the season soon went off the rails after Morrison dropped out for not following “competition production protocols” by allegedly sending “flirty” messages to a female contestant. tWitch died by suicide later that year.
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