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‘I get rationale’ behind ‘DWTS’ cutback: Tom

Now that ABC has cut one entire night of “Dancing With the Stars” from its fall lineup, Tom Bergeron says the timing was right.

“I get the rationale behind it,” Bergeron told today. com, on the red carpet for a party to celebrate the show’s 300th episode.

“There’s no denying our numbers have been slipping.”

He also admitted that the show was adding a lot of filler to make a two-hour broadcast, which won’t happen now that there will be an elimination at the end of the show.

An ABC spokeswoman would not comment whether Bergeron or the professional dancers would take pay cuts when the results show goes away.

Bergeron still hosts ABC’s Sunday night warhorse, “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”