Dance Party USA

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Dance Party USA is an American dance television show that aired daily on cable's USA Network from April 12, 1986, to June 27, 1992. It was originally a half-hour, but was expanded to an hour in 1987. The program was always shot at various TV studios including WPHL-TV/17 and WGBS in Philadelphia from 1986–1992. The show was not always filmed live and often filmed multiple shows in one day for different days of the week. When 3 shows were recorded on the same day, the guests appearing on those show were told to bring 3 changes of clothes for each episode. The production staff worked at the Nise's production offices and studios located in Camden, New Jersey. For the first few episodes, Dance Party USA's original name was Dancin' USA. Dance Party USA was formatted like its predecessor, the highly rated Dancin' On Air, a daily TV dance show broadcast from 1981 to 1986 on Philadelphia's WPHL-TV. In 1986, Dancin' On Air was syndicated by KDOC-TV in Los Angeles. The show doubled KDOC's ratings...

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