Dance Moms
American reality television series
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| May 1 2024 | Dance Moms: The Reunion special premiered, highlighting discussions about absent original cast members and their reasons for not participating. |
| May 1 2024 | Dance Moms: The Reunion special premiered, featuring Brooke and Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Kendall Vertes, Kalani Hilliker, and JoJo Siwa, with their respective mothers. |
| April 17 2024 | Christi Lukasiak announced via Instagram that she will be hosting a new show called Dance Moms: Epic Showdowns following the reunion special's premiere. |
| November 1 2023 | Lifetime announced a reunion special titled Dance Moms: The Reunion, featuring several original cast members and their mothers. |
| September 2023 | Abby Miller announced her participation in Mad House, a reality competition series on Brandon TV streaming app featuring young adult dancers. |
| April 2023 | Announcement of Abby Miller's podcast Leave It On The Dance Floor, featuring behind-the-scenes discussions of Dance Moms. |
| June 2022 | Kelly Hyland and Christi Lukasiak announced their podcast Back to the Barre, which would recap Dance Moms episodes weekly. |
| June 5 2020 | Lifetime severed ties with Miller and canceled the Abby's Virtual Dance-Off competition reality series due to the racist remarks allegations. |
| June 4 2020 | Miller issued an apology to Kamryn, Adriana, and others she had hurt after the racist allegations. |
| June 3 2020 | Camille Bridges accused Miller of racist treatment towards her daughter Camryn, describing the environment as 'extremely hostile'. |
| June 2 2020 | Miller posted a black square on Instagram for Blackout Tuesday, which prompted Adriana Smith to publicly share her negative experiences with Miller's racist comments. |
| April 2020 | Announcement of Abby's Virtual Dance-Off, a 12-episode show planned for summer 2020, featuring video-conference judging due to coronavirus pandemic. |
| June 4 2019 | Season 8 of Dance Moms premiered on Lifetime, featuring the new team and set in Miller's original Pittsburgh studio. |
| February 2019 | A promotional video was released revealing the show would focus on Miller's Burkitt's Lymphoma diagnosis and return to her original Pittsburgh studio. |
| January 12 2019 | A new team of eight dancers was selected for the upcoming season of Dance Moms. |
| 2018 | The Irreplaceables (excluding the Bridges and Fraziers) embarked on The Irreplaceables Tour, featuring dances, meet and greets, and fan Q&As. |
| September 2018 | Final callbacks for the new Dance Moms team were held, seeking new dancers to replace the previous team. |
| July 2018 | Abby Lee Miller announced her return for season 8 of Dance Moms, with executive producer Bryan Stinson planning to cast a new team. |
| 2017 | Cathy Nesbitt-Stein and Vivi-Anne left the show following season 7a nationals. |
| 2017 | Several original cast members including Holly Hatcher-Frazier, Jill Vertes, and Kira Girard left the ALDC during season seven to form 'The Irreplaceables'. |
| 2017 | Dance Moms was nominated for Choice Reality TV Show at the Teen Choice Awards |
| May 2017 | Miller was sentenced to one year and a day in prison (ultimately paroled after 8.5 months), followed by two years of supervised release. |
| 2016 | Ellen DeGeneres reported to be developing a film based on Dance Moms. |
| 2016 | JoJo Siwa left the show near the end of season 6 after signing a contract with Nickelodeon. |
| 2016 | Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler left the Abby Lee Dance Company during season six of Dance Moms. |
| 2016 | Dance Moms was nominated for Favorite Talent Competition at the Kids' Choice Awards |
| June 2016 | Miller pled guilty to the bankruptcy fraud charges and entered a plea deal with the IRS. |
| 2015 | Dance Moms won Nickelodeon's Favorite Reality Show at the Kids' Choice Awards and was also nominated for Choice TV: Reality Show at the Teen Choice Awards |
| 2015 | Maesi Caes danced with Justin Bieber during his Purpose World Tour in Des Moines. |
| 2015 | Maddie Ziegler and Mackenzie Ziegler, who had been dancing at ALDC since ages four and two respectively, began their journey on the reality TV show Dance Moms. |
| 2015 | Dance Moms was nominated for Choice TV: Reality Show at the Teen Choice Awards |
| 2015 | Dance Moms won Nickelodeon's Favorite Reality Show at the Kids' Choice Awards |
| 2015 | Payton Ackerman officially graduated from the ALDC. |
| October 13 2015 | Abby Lee Miller was indicted in Pittsburgh on charges of bankruptcy fraud, concealing income from her show performances in 2012 and 2013, involving approximately $755,000. |
| August 18 2015 | Dance Moms season 5 concluded, completing a total of 32 official episodes and 2 special episodes (Girl Talk 2, Slumber Party!). |
| January 6 2015 | Dance Moms season 5 premiered on Lifetime television network, marking the start of the fifth season of the dance reality show. |
| 2014 | Abby Lee Miller was nominated for Choice TV: Reality Personality (Female) at the Teen Choice Awards |
| 2014 | Dance Moms was nominated for Choice TV: Reality Show at the Teen Choice Awards |
| 2014 | Payton Ackerman graduated from the Abby Lee Dance Company (ALDC). |
| October 20 2014 | Premiere of British version Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, hosted at Jelli Studios in Liverpool, which ran for two seasons. |
| July 2014 | Premiere of spin-off Raising Asia, featuring Asia Monet Ray and her family, focusing on her pursuit of show business fame. |
| June 24 2014 | Premiere of Abby's Studio Rescue, a series following Abby Miller helping dance studios across the United States, which produced a single season. |
| January 29 2014 | Miller announced on The View that Kelly Hyland and her daughters Brooke and Paige were no longer contracted with and would not appear on Dance Moms. |
| January 21 2014 | Kelly Hyland appeared in court with Abby Lee Miller after being arrested for assaulting Miller during a dance competition, and pleaded 'not guilty'. |
| 2013 | Dance Moms was nominated for Choice TV: Reality Show at the Teen Choice Awards |
| 2012 | Dance Moms was nominated for Choice TV: Reality Show at the Teen Choice Awards |
| October 9 2012 | Premiere of sister program Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, which ran for two seasons and featured future ALDC Elite Team members Ray, Siwa, and Hilliker. |
| September 2012 | Dance Moms: Miami spin-off series was cancelled. |
| April 3 2012 | Premiere of spin-off series Dance Moms: Miami at Victor Smalley and Angel Armas' Stars Dance Studio, which was cancelled in September of the same year. |
| March 6 2012 | A controversial episode titled 'Topless Showgirls' aired, featuring young dancers in sequined, flesh-toned bra tops and tights, which was later removed from rotation and excluded from DVD and streaming services due to criticism. |
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