After 20 years on air, Dancing With the Stars made a comeback like no other veteran television program with their 34th season.

Ratings are through the roof. Audience interaction is at an all-time high . Viewership has only increased week after week. All this success begs the legitimate question of how the once-struggling reality show for has-been celebrities reinvented itself and became a pop-cultural phenomenon that any public figure would be lucky to utilize as their re-introduction into the zeitgeist.

Showrunner Conrad Green and executive producer-casting director Deena Katz both tell The Hollywood Reporter the secret to their success stems from maintaining the show’s core elements while evolving to modern demands.

After 20 years on air, Dancing With the Stars made

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