Country of origin United States Original network Lifetime | No. of episodes 32 | |
Original release January 1 (2014-01-01) – October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14) | ||
The fourth season of Dance Moms, an American dance reality television created by Collins Avenue Productions, began airing on January 1, 2014, on Lifetime television network. The fourth season has aired 19 episodes plus 5 special episodes (Guess Who's Coming to the Dance?, Dance Moms Cares, Seeing Red, Girl Talk, The Battle of Maddie vs. Chloe) bringing the episode count thus far to 103 episodes. However, Lifetime's episode guide does not list "Guess Who's Coming to the Dance?" and "Dance Moms Cares" as official season episodes.
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Overview
Miller fears her Junior Elite Competition team doesn't show enough drive and threatens them by hosting nationwide open auditions for a new team. Although on a winning streak, tension rises between Miller and long-time client Kelly Hyland, and Miller finds herself in definite need of new dancers. Meanwhile, Melissa relishes in her daughters' successes with Mackenzie's blossoming music career and Maddie embracing new opportunities to dance. On the 100th episode, Miller unveils her new "Select Ensemble" for the first time.
Cast
The fourth season featured sixteen star billing cast members in the first eight episodes, and thirteen from episode eight onwards, with various other dancers and moms appearing throughout the season.
Lawsuit
The episode "Big Trouble in the Big Apple" that aired on February 11, 2014 features the competition team at New York. During the final moments of the episode, Abby Lee Miller and dance mom Kelly Hyland get into a heated argument and ends with Kelly slapping Abby across the face and pulling her hair. Abby informs security and Kelly is removed from the building. Following the incident, Kelly filed a lawsuit against Abby for 5 million dollars, while Abby Lee Miller filed for assault against Hyland. Following the court proceedings, Hyland was banned from contacting Abby Lee Miller, including in forms of social media such as Twitter.