So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance
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Created by	Simon Fuller Nigel Lythgoe
Original work	So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series)
Years	2005–present
Films and television
Television series	So You Think You Can Dance (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
Genre	Reality television
First aired	20 July 2005; 18 years ago (2005-07-20)

So You Think You Can Dance is a franchise of reality television shows in which contestants compete in dance. The first series of the franchise, created by Idols producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, premiered in July 2005 and has broadcast seventeen seasons since. Adaptations of the show began airing in other countries in late 2005 and to date 30 localized adaptations have been produced, representing 41 different countries and comprising more than ninety individual seasons.