So, do you think you can dance? Fox won’t be doing that anytime soon. Fox Television Network President Rob Wade confirmed Sunday that the long-running dance competition show, which has been off the air since May 2024, has no plans to return.
“Obviously, it’s a very important show in Fox’s history, and we have no plans to order another season at this time,” Thorne told reporters as Fox revealed details of its 2026-2027 TV season. More than 15 unscripted series will air that season, but “SYTYCD” will not be included. “We talked about it, but nothing was official.”
Fox has been airing “So You Think You Can Dance” for 18 seasons, with the last airing in spring 2024, with Cat Deeley as host and Allison Holker, JoJo Siwa and Maksim Chmerkovskiy as judges.
“So You Think You Can Dance” was a summer staple for Fox from its launch in 2005 until 2019. However, SYTYCD’s past few years have been marked by various troubles and controversies. The show returned after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic for Season 17, with judges JoJo Siwa, Matthew Morrison, and Twitch (replacing judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Laurieann Gibson, who were scheduled to return for Season 17 of the show in 2020, before the pandemic began).
However, Morrison later quit the series for not following “competitive production protocols.” Leah Remini was brought in as her replacement.
The show skipped to 2023, but returned for the first time in the spring of 2024. In the show’s reimagined season 18, Lithgow was originally scheduled to return alongside Holker (who was married to Twitch, but died after season 17). However, Lithgow resigned following two lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault. Siwa then stepped in on his behalf.
To reinvent “SYTYCD” in Season 18, the dance challenge continues with weekly eliminations for a $100,000 grand prize winner. For the first time, the program also aired a program that chronicled the contestants’ journeys in a documentary style.
Dick Clark Productions and Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment supported the series, which featured weekly dance challenges aimed at simulating the reality of succeeding in a dance career.
