St ars " ▁being ▁used ▁as ▁partners , ▁the ▁ratings ▁for ▁Dance ▁continued ▁to ▁slide ▁to ▁all - time ▁series ▁l ows ; ▁dro pping ▁to ▁just ▁ 5 . 6 ▁million ▁view ers ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁For ▁season ▁ 7 , ▁So ▁You ▁Think ▁You ▁Can ▁Dance ▁aver aged ▁just ▁over ▁ 5 ▁million ▁view ers . ▁After ▁season ▁ 7 , ▁M ia ▁Mich a els ▁was ▁replaced ▁on ▁the ▁judge ' s ▁panel ▁by ▁returning ▁person ality ▁Mary ▁Mur phy . ▁ ▁The ▁change ▁appeared ▁to ▁have ▁little ▁effect ▁on ▁the ▁ratings , ▁and ▁the ▁show ▁continued ▁to ▁average ▁just ▁over ▁five ▁million ▁view ers ▁per ▁episode ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ' s ▁season ▁ 8 . ▁Season ▁ 9 ▁saw ▁a ▁slight ▁u pt ick ▁in ▁ratings ▁early ▁on , ▁with ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁season ' s ▁first ▁five ▁episodes ▁gar ner ing ▁between ▁six ▁and ▁seven ▁million ▁view ers , ▁but ▁the ▁rise ▁was ▁short - l ived ▁and ▁the ▁show ' s ▁ratings ▁hit ▁a ▁new ▁low ▁of ▁ 4 . 1 6 ▁million ▁view ers ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Season ▁ 1 0 ▁maintained ▁similar ▁numbers , ▁aver aging ▁about ▁ 4 ▁million ▁view ers ▁per ▁episode ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁with ▁a ▁ 4 . 3 ▁million ▁view ership ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁an ▁all - time