The longtime host and his co-host, Erin Andrews, were let go by ABC, which said it had plans to take the show in a new direction.

After spending nearly a quarter of his life as the host of “Dancing With the Stars,” Tom Bergeron, the 65-year-old host of the one-time ABC ratings juggernaut, has been dropped from the show, he announced on Twitter on Monday evening.

ABC and BBC Studios, the show’s production company, said in a joint statement that “Dancing With the Stars” would be pursuing “a new creative direction” and that Mr.

Bergeron since 2014, was also out, the statement said.

Bergeron, a funnyman known for his wit and charisma, is the only star to have hosted every season of “Dancing With the Stars” since its 2005 debut.

Last fall’s season finale attracted the show’s smallest-ever audience for a final episode.

Bergeron said he had met with the show’s new executive producer without success in an effort to ensure that the show “would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.”.