Maksim Chmerkovskiy News

ET reports the good news that DANCING WITH THE STARS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy will return to the dance floor next week after being sidelined with a calf injury for the past four weeks.

The 24th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars kicked off Monday night with new celebrities, including Fifth Harmony singer Normani Kordei with Valentin Chmerkovskiy; Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan with Artem Chigvintsev; actor Chris Kattan with Witney Carson; rodeo professional Bonner Bolton with Sharna Burgess; Charo with Keo Motsepe; The Bachelor's Nick Viall with Peta Murgatroyd; Glee's Heather Morris with Maksim Chmerkovskiy; Baseball player David Ross with Lindsay Arnold; Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Erika Jayne with Gleb Savchenko; NFL star Rashad Jennings with Emma Slater; A Team star Mr. T with Kym Herjavec and Gold Medal Olympic gymnast Simone Biles with Sasha Farber.

The new celebrity cast of DANCING WITH THE STARS are donning their glitzy wardrobe and slipping on their dancing shoes as they ready themselves for their first dance on the ballroom floor, as the season kicks off on MONDAY, MARCH 20

This season's exciting new cast of DANCING WITH THE STARS was revealed live this morning, exclusively on ABC's 'Good Morning America'. 

Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd stopped by this morning's GMA to reveal that they will return for the next season of  DANCING WITH THE STARS

Early this morning, DANCING WITH THE STARS' pros Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy welcomed their first child, baby boy Shai Aleksander Chmerkovskiy. 

In the two-hour season finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (9:00-11:00 p.m. EST), the three finalists advanced to the final stage of the competition. There were live dancing and show-stopping performances at both The Grove and in the 'Dancing with the Stars' ballroom.