DWTS finale: When and where to watch Dancing With the Stars live in every time zone? Channel, start time

Dancing With The Stars season 34 finale is set to air live on Tuesday, November 25. Here's where you can tune in!

Published on: Nov 26, 2025, 05:39:52 IST

By Shirin Gupta

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The much-anticipated season 34 finale of Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) is set to air live on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.

Dancing with the Stars season 34 premieres this September. (Instagram/dancingwiththestars )

The final will be simulcast on both ABC and the streaming platform Disney+. Broadcast times vary by U.S. time zone, but here’s everything you need to know to catch it on time.

How to watch DWTS?

Viewers can watch live on ABC (via cable or local affiliate). If you do not have cable, streaming services like Disney+ or live-TV streaming bundles that include ABC should work.

If for any reason you happen to miss the broadcast, the finale will be available on demand the next day on Hulu (and Disney+).

Finale Schedule

The Season 34 finale will start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) / 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT).

For those in the Central Time Zone, the broadcast begins at 7:00 p.m. Central Time (CT).

The show is a three-hour special, running until roughly 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT / 10:00 p.m. CT.

Who are the finalists, and how to vote on DWTS?

The finale will feature the last five celebrity-producing pairs battling for the Mirrorball trophy.

Robert Irwin & Witney Carson
Alix Earle & Valentin Chmerkovskiy,
Dylan Efron & Daniella Karagach,
Jordan Chiles & Ezra Sosa, and
Elaine Hendrix & Alan Bersten.

Over the three-hour broadcast, each couple will perform three routines:

Judges’ Choice dance (new dance style chosen by judges)
Instant Dance Challenge (dancers learn their routine and music minutes before performing live)
Freestyle dance (no rules, full creative expression)

The performers will be judged according to the judges' scores after the performance, combined with viewer votes to decide the winner.

Voting windows open as soon as the show begins and remain open until the end of the telecast. U.S. and Canada residents who are 18+ can vote online at dwtsvote.abc.com or via SMS.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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