“Dancing With the Stars” has a new spring in its step.

The competition show, now in its 34th season on ABC, is seeing ratings it hasn’t reached in years. The semifinals show, which aired last week and featured a Prince theme, notched 7.22 million viewers, the highest for a semifinals episode since 2018.

Not only are more people watching, but they’re also voting in record numbers (fans cast 55.9 million votes last week, breaking the previous record set Nov. 11 during the show’s 20th anniversary episode) and talking about the show on social media.

Crucially, the show is also reaching younger demographics.

Not bad for a two-decade-old show, particularly one that has seen firsthand the changes in the broadcast TV business.

Because of that, the show has had to evolve. I’ve watched “Dancing

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