Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kelli Finglass, the DCC director, has a mandate to have a squad of 36, making this a super competitive year. New to the mix of judges this year are two celebrities -- former DCC and Dancing with the Stars winner Melissa Rycroft and platinum-selling country music recording artist Neil McCoy. With 55 high caliber new girls making it to finals, it's intimidating for the 30 veterans as they must fight to keep their place on the team. Unfortunately for a few vets, it's the end of the line. For the super talented 43 who make training camp, the exhilaration is short lived as the reality of the most demanding dance audition in professional sports becomes real. Season nine brings everything you love -- girls reaching for their dreams and the emotional, drama-ridden journey to make them come true. The payoff is becoming part of the best team in the business -- the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

Series details

• Title: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2006-09-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-11-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CMT
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 3608

Cast and credited roles

• Kelli Finglass — Kelli Finglass
• Judy Trammell — Judy Trammell

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-09-29; final listed air date 2006-11-17; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-09-14; final listed air date 2007-11-03; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-10-04; final listed air date 2008-11-22; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-10-10; final listed air date 2009-11-28; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-10-15; final listed air date 2010-12-11; episode order: 8.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-10-20; final listed air date 2011-12-09; episode order: 8.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-09-07; final listed air date 2012-11-16; episode order: 11.
• Season 8: premiered 2013-09-06; final listed air date 2013-11-01; episode order: 8.
• Season 9: premiered 2014-08-08; final listed air date 2014-09-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 10: premiered 2015-08-09; final listed air date 2015-09-24; episode order: 8.
• Season 11: premiered 2016-08-25; final listed air date 2016-10-13; episode order: 8.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-08-03; final listed air date 2017-10-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 13: premiered 2018-08-02; final listed air date 2018-10-25; episode order: 13.
• Season 14: premiered 2019-08-02; final listed air date 2019-10-25; episode order: 13.
• Season 15: premiered 2020-11-24; final listed air date 2021-01-12; episode order: 8.
• Season 16: premiered 2021-09-17; final listed air date 2021-11-19; episode order: 10.

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