ABC renews 'Dancing with the Stars,' announces plans for new 'Junior' edition

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Today, the network confirmed leading up to the upfront presentation that there are two more spin-offs to the long-running franchise coming over the course of the next year. And while the new reality program is still slated to have a love component, the recently announced show is actually a winter-themed athletic competition.

ABC will further stretch "The Bachelor" Extended Universe in winter 2018, and it's also adding an aged-down spinoff of "Dancing With the Stars" to its roster for later in the season.

Dancing with the Stars isn't just for grownups anymore.

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Because love is the "toughest sport of all"-according to ABC, anyway-2018 will see the arrival of The Bachelor Winter Games, which will pit former contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette against each other in an "ode to the Winter Olympic Games".

WILL YOU WATCH either of these spinoffs from ABC? This is one of the struggles that many network shows are having at the moment.

The Bachelor and Dancing With the Stars continue to get bigger. Previous spinoffs like "The Bachelorette" and "Bachelor in Paradise" are still going strong, which shows promise for the success of "The Bachelor Winter Games". And now that Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell have called it quits, maybe one of them (or both?) will even show up to play. Be sure to share now in the attached comments!

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