Lifetime Renews Dance Moms

Lifetime has renewed its documentary series Dance Moms for a third season, the network announced Wednesday. The show will return next year with 26 new episodes.

Dance Moms follows instructor Abby Lee Miller as she coaches young dancers (and their mothers) as they follow their dreams of being stage stars. Miller is also the star of Lifetime's offshoot series, Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, which premiered this week.

Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller lands new Lifetime dance competition show

Last season, Dance Moms was the No. 1 unscripted cable series in its timeslot, Tuesdays at 9 p.m., among women ages 18 to 49. It also drew the youngest audience of any Lifetime show, with a median viewing age of 32.

Are you happy that Dance Moms is returning?