Fans can soon watch another season of Dancing With the Stars hit the 2025 TV schedule's dance floor on ABC and via Disney+ subscription, with Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro returning as hosts. The two have proven to be a force to be reckoned with since Hough joined Ribeiro on the ballroom floor in 2023 after Tyra Banks departed. Of course, neither of them can compare to Tom Bergeron, who hosted for the first 28 seasons. While he was unceremoniously fired, he actually planned to leave not long after.
Bergeron served as a host on DWTS since the show’s inception in 2005, and had a number of co-hosts, with Erin Andrews serving as his longest co-host from 2014 to 2020 until they were both fired. The two remain close and have even reunited since they left. That said, Bergeron isn’t bitter about it and has even expressed interest in potentially returning to DWTS. But when it came to his exit, he tells TV Insider that despite leaving earlier than he planned, it was a blessing in disguise:
