'Dancing With The Stars' Season 18 Rumors, Latest News: Showrunner to Leave

Popular reality show "Dancing With The Stars" is going to have to find another showrunner. Conrad Green, who has been with the reality show since its first season has announced he is moving on.

TV Guide reports that he will be leaving the show to join Fox's new reality show "Utopia.

Conrad Green released a statement about his decision earlier today.

"I'm enormously proud of everything we've achieved on "Dancing with the Stars." This has been the job of a lifetime and I'm thankful for every performance, every dancer and every colleague I've worked with over the years, and to ABC and BBC Worldwide Productions for these past 18 seasons," he said.

He continued on to reminisce about how powerful a show "DWTS" has been thus far. 

"What was once a small dancing show has thrived and become a cultural phenomenon," he said.  

"But after almost 10 years, the opportunity to take on a project with the immense potential of "Utopia" was simply too good to pass up. The ambition and scale of the challenge is thrilling.  I'll miss everyone I've worked with on Dancing with the Stars and look forward to this next exciting chapter," Green said.