The music is about to stop on Dance Moms.
Forever.
According to International Business Times, Lifetime has confirmed that it’s pulling the plug on one of its longest-running reality shows.
Dance Moms will come to an end after its current seventh season.
(Which is technically Season 7B and which is comprised of, like, 67 episodes. The show’s schedule is very confusing.)
The finale will air on Tuesday, October 31, although the cable network will air two specials and, of course, many new installments prior to this farewell.
As loyal fans of the series and/or loyal readers of the Internet know well, this has been an unusual season of Dance Moms, what with host Abby Lee Miller going to jail and everything.
(She pleaded guilty last year to bankruptcy fraud and will spend a year behind bars.)
Cheryl Burke has come on board the program her as the show’s new teacher and choreographer.
And it’s been an adjustment.
“There were a lot of tears, anger and insecurity,” Burke told Us Weekly of her transition to host, adding this summer:
“It was shocking to me. I couldn’t believe these beautiful girls that have zero confidence. That’s not the way to live life.
“[The girls] said they’d been traumatized by Abby and her teaching methods. That’s a shame because with teenagers it’s so important to mentor them.”
Ahead of this announcement, meanwhile, Dance Moms participated hinted – via their words or actions – that the end could be near.
Last Tuesday, for example, original cast member Nia Sioux told Teen Vogue she was parting ways with the series.
“I was just like, I’m 16 now, I’m growing up, the show has been a great platform, but it’s time to move on,” she said.
“During the show, I couldn’t take all the opportunities that I wanted to, and now since I’m off the show I’m getting to do what I want to do.”
Elsewhere, Camryn Bridges, wrote “that’s a wrap” on Instagram following the final national competition in Lawndale, California.
Dance Moms premiered way back in July of 2011.
It made headlines over the years due to Abby’s controversial teaching techniques, along with the tension between parents that often led to a great deal of in-fighting.
Love Miller or hate her a lot, however, it’s impossible to deny the impact she’s had on the small screen.
Assuming Miller doesn’t get killed in prison, we’ll be interested in hearing what she has to say in the near future about the end of the show.
