Rob Wade Tapped As New Executive Producer For Dancing With The Stars
A quick and important update! Deadline is reporting that Robe Wade has been tapped to be the new executive producer for Dancing With The Stars.
Rob Wade has been tapped to take over as showrunner of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars starting with the next 19th cycle, which has not been formally picked up but is fully expected to. Wade, a DWTS veteran, will succeed Conrad Green, the show’s executive producer/showrunner since its launch, who is departing after the 18th season finale next month to join new Fox series Utopia as executive producer. Wade was a producer on DWTS for the first 11 seasons, including a stint as co-executive producer under Green from Season 5 in 2007 to Season 11 in 2010. “Rob was a part of the DWTS family from the very beginning and in our mind, there was no one who made more sense to come aboard and take the show into its next era than him,” said Jane Tranter, head of BBC Worldwide Prods., which produces DWTS. Wade will serve as executive producer alongside Ashely Edens-Shaffer and Joe Sungkur. “Dancing with the Stars is in great shape and I look forward to getting back in the ballroom and working with Joe and Ashley to take it to the next level,” Wade said.
Sounds good to me. What do you think?? To read more, see Deadline. Thanks to Lisa for the heads up!
I’m glad they filled Conrad’s position with someone who has had past experience on the show instead of someone who doesn’t know how the show really works.
Hopefully this can be a new start for the show but we’ll just have to wait and see, I suppose.
By the way, do you know who makes the decisions on which pros will be on the upcoming seasons and which ones will not? Was that Conrad or a combination of TPTB?
Didn’t you know, Jessica? Derek decides which pros are on the show.
And yes, that was sarcasm brought over from another post. 🙂
LOL, good one!
It most likely a combination of TPTB but Conrad definitely had the biggest say, he is one who decides host, and band.
I am curious to see some of the changes he brings. Hopefully there good ones!
What’s this guy been doing since he left the show? Knowing that might give me a hint as to what he might do with DWTS when he rejoins the team.
This is Hollywood so I don’t expect him to turn back the clock and use an old formula (that’s suicide), but I hope he turns away from the nasty, hard-edged, tabloid feel that Lord Conrad put in this season.
I’d like him to show more respect for the couples. Ever since the All-Stars Season, I feel the pros and celebs have been treated like animals in a low-budget circus — there to be exploited for maximum value and then disposed of.
@PH Wow, Derek must feel so enlightened, having so much power over the show. Such a lucky guy!!!
(By the way, was that a “fam” fan who insinuated this? because it’s the only plausible answer they ever come up with)
LOL, good one, PH!
I don’t know much about this guy, but I hope it is a change for the better!
Believe it or not, Jessica, we’re having a discussion on another post about how Tristan fans hate Derek now and seem to be under the impression that it’s his fault tristan isn’t on the show this season.
Yes, I know it doesn’t make any sense, but go with it. 🙂
@ Cidra: Rob was the EP on The X Factor.
I hope the “make things up as u go” feeling of the show will change. I also hope they will stop pitting the couples against one another. (ie making them chose ridiculous dance styles for each other)
What a dumb thing to hate a person for. 😕
Thanks, Veronika. 🙂
PJ, I agree. I might not agree but I can accept that the show feels the need to introduce new dance styles and even new “theme weeks” to keep things “fresh” and try to encourage younger people to take an interest. However, the “here’s an idea I thought of while waiting in line at Starbucks this morning, let’s use it next week” approach has got to change.