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SLAH: The Stars Align

As national 'Dancing With the Stars' ratings hit record highs, a version of the hottest show on television touches down in New York's Capital City.

By Natalie Moore

November 10, 2025

This week, New York Magazine confirmed what I knew anecdotally to be true. Dancing With the Stars is having a moment.

“At a time when double-digit declines are the norm for linear shows, ABC’s variety-competition staple kicked off its 34th season in September by scoring its biggest premiere numbers since 2020—and then proceeded to grow its viewership for five consecutive weeks, something no fall show has done since the modern Nielsen-measurement era began in 1991,” an October 30 New York Mag article reads. “Even more stunning is what’s powering the DWTS ratings boom: massive gains among Gen Z and younger millennial viewers, two demographics that had supposedly abandoned linear TV.”

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Natalie Moore

Natalie Moore is the editor of Saratoga Living and Capital Region Living magazines. A native of Ballston Lake, she began her career as an editorial intern at Saratoga Living, and, essentially, never left. In addition to overseeing the creation of the print magazines, she is the main contributor to Saratoga Living After Hours, a Substack newsletter that covers the Spa City’s social scene. In an alternate reality, she is a professional pickleball player.