While Dance Moms may not be a scripted show, it was still highly produced just like any other reality TV show. Fans need only to look at deleted scenes to see that not everyone was represented accurately. Furthermore, the cast (especially the dancers) had a lot more fun times together that never made it to the screen.

Does Dance Moms have a script?

1 The Drama Was Mostly Staged

With any reality television series, the drama isn't totally "reality." Dance Moms didn't have a script, but situations were set up.

Do the moms on Dance Moms get paid?

Dance Moms

In 2015, Abby Lee Miller shared that the young dancers earned $1,000 an episode for season 1 through 4, and $2,000 an episode for season 5. She added that she was earning $1,500 an episode.