ABC Renews ‘American Idol’ For Season 8 While Still Looking for Judge to Replace Katy Perry

ABC is renewing “American Idol” alongside a string of other unscripted shows for the 2024-2025 slate.

Among the shows back are “American Idol,” “The Bachelor” and “Dancing with the Stars” (which is also simulcast on Disney+).

Also returning: “Celebrity Jeopardy!” and “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” as well as “What Would You Do?” and “Shark Tank.” Decisions are still to be made on a handful of other unscripted series.

“Dancing with the Stars’ will see the 33rd cycle of the show hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough. The panel will feature judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions produces.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 07: Katy Perry visits the SiriusXM Studios on August 07, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

“American Idol” will see the eighth season on ABC and its 23rd season overall including the time it ran on Fox.

The season will also be the first without Katy Perry as a judge. The “I Kissed a Girl” singer announced she will be leaving her idol chair she has held alongside Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.

Jon Bon Jovi, who has been promoting the Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, is a guest mentor for the finale.

American Idol has provided consistently strong ratings for ABC since the network picked it up in 2018.

AMERICAN IDOL "617 (Disney Night)" Celebrate the magic of Disney as the Top 5 perform Disney classics LIVE and America votes for the Top 3. Sofia Carson mentors the contestants at Disneyland Resort and Halle Bailey performs. SUNDAY, MAY 14 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT/5:00-7:00 p.m. PDT), on ABC. — AMERICAN IDOL “617 (Disney Night)” Celebrate the magic of Disney as the Top 5 perform Disney classics LIVE and America votes for the Top 3. Sofia Carson mentors the contestants at Disneyland Resort and Halle Bailey performs. SUNDAY, MAY 14 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT/5:00-7:00 p.m. PDT), on ABC. (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images)RYAN SEACREST

Ryan Seacrest continues to host the show from Fremantle and Sony Pictures TV’s 19 Entertainment. Megan Michaels Wolflick is showrunner and exec produces with Fremantle’s Jennifer Mullin, as well as Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman for 19 Ent.

Other shows include “The Bachelor” which will enter its 29th season next year – Jesse Palmer is to host on the series from Warner Bros.

“Shark Tank” will also be making a return with season 16 which includes the likes of Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary. Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill, Yun Lingner, Max Swedlow, Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary.

“Celebrity Jeopardy” will also be back for its third season, hosted by Ken Jennings and executive produced by Michael Davies, while “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” is back for a fifth edition. Pat Sajak and Vanna White are the long-running hosts on “Wheel of Fortune,” but with Sajak retiring from the daytime edition (he’ll be succeeded by Seacrest).

There has been no official word if Seacrest will be taking on the gig for the primetime version of the show.

ABC News’ “What Would You Do?” is back for a 17th season. The fates of shows including “$100,000 Pyramid,” “The Chase,” “Generation Gap,” “The Parent Test” and “The Prank Panel,” among others, will be determined at another date.