'World of Dance' Canceled After Four Seasons at NBC Ellise Shafer, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Variety has confirmed. Though there are currently no plans for the show to return to NBC, the Universal Television Alternative Studio — a division of Universal Studio Group — still owns its format, which has been adapted all over the world in countries like Thailand, the Philippines and Poland. More from Variety Executive produced by Jennifer Lopez, “World of Dance” is a reality dance competition featuring dancers from all styles of the sport competing for a grand prize of $1 million. The show’s fourth season aired between May and August 2020, but plans for a fifth season were notably absent from NBC’s recently released premiere dates for this summer.