EPISODE
SEASON
Dance Moms - Season 1
The show follows children's early steps on the road to stardom under the tutelage of notoriously demanding and passionate instructor Abby Lee Miller, as well as the interactions of Miller and the dancers with their sometimes bickering mothers.
3 August 1971, California, USA
21 September 1965, Miami, Florida, USA
10 July 1965, San Francisco, California, USA
17 August 2009, Pennsylvania, USA
June 18, 2015
Ultimately this is just another example of sensationalized reality TV, made more offensive by its willingness to thrust kids into the spotlight, but it's still bound to draw viewers who like to watch controversy unfold.
June 18, 2015
I was pleasantly surprised to see a reality series that follows a tough-as-nails dance teacher, Abby Lee Miller, who owns a dance school in Pittsburgh, as she instructs kids who end up winning a lot of competitions.
June 18, 2015
The new worst show on television debuted Wednesday night... an ugly docu-circus featuring a megaton bully of a Pittsburgh dance instructor, the little princesses she costumes as lunatic street whores, and a quorum of strenuously pathetic stage mothers.
June 18, 2015
Inexorably transfixing, whether you're taking names or taking notes.
June 18, 2015
As a look into what could be an interesting world, "children's dance competitions," the series falls short.
