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Web to Watch: ABC's 'Dancing' adds live-streaming


Dancing with the Stars is going digital. ABC's celebrity dance competition returns for Season 19 on Monday with new interactive offerings.

During the premiere, ABC.com will offer four live-streaming backstage cameras and a simultaneous digital show called Dancing with the Stars: All Access hosted by Dominic Bowden and Lacey Schwimmer. The live streams are meant to be consumed as a second-screen complement to the television broadcast.

"You'll see a lot of the stuff that happens backstage during the show and during the commercial breaks," said Dancing with the Stars executive producer Rob Wade. "Really what you see on the show is only half the story so we felt like it was something that really gave you all-access to our cast."

The backstage cameras will feature views of the judges, skybox, backstage Red Room, and the lower balcony. Online viewers will be able to choose which camera to stream. The simulcast digital program will feature commentary and interviews during commercial breaks as well.

In addition to the live streams, viewers will be able to keep tabs on couple's rehearsals throughout the week. Raw rehearsal footage as well as original digital content will be uploaded to abc.com every week.

Dancing with the Stars premieres Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT with the results show set to air on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Tavis Smiley, Tommy Chong and Bethany Mota are among this year's contestants.