ABC Orders ‘DWTS’, ‘Bachelor’ Spinoffs for 2017-18 Season
May 17, 2017 | 1:37 PM
ABC is banking on its two big franchises with new spinoff series of The Bachelor and Dancing With the Stars. A sports-themed Bachelor and a kids version of Dancing With the Stars is in the works. The Bachelor Winter Games will feature former Bachelors and Bachelorettes and will be set in a luxe winter resort where they will go head to head in sports and love. The show will premiere in February of 2018. Dancing With the Stars Junior aims to pair celebrity kids and kids of celebrities with junior ballroom dancing pros to perform routines that will be judged by a panel of experts. Casting will be announced later. Junior is slated to debut in Spring of 2018. ABC renewed The Bachelor for Season 22 and DWTS for Season 25.