Despite its dominance on Monday, DWTS couldn’t outperform the crew at American Idol.  The 9pm overlap flattened the ballroom champ and put ABC in second place for the night.

8pm

• American Idol (10.3/25 in 18-49) averaged 27 million over two hours.
• NCIS* (10.5 million, 2.0/5) was up nearly 2 million from last week.
• The Biggest Loser (7.9 million, 3.1/8) was about even with its last numbers.
• It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (6.3 million, 1.9/5) got us into the holiday spirit
• Just for Laughs (5.1 million, 1.6/4) had a small increase.
• Beauty and the Geek (1.7 million, 0.7/2) saw signs of fading.

9pm

• Dancing with the Stars (16.8 million, 4.0/10 in 18-49) still had decent numbers despite stiff competition.
• Big Brother (5.5 million, 2.0/5) slipped by 400,000.
• One Tree Hill (2.9 million, 1.4/3) actually saw a small improvement.

10pm

• The premiere of Miss Guided (10 million, 2.9/8 in 18-49) was a winner in its hour.
• Law & Order: SVU* (9 million, 2.9/8) was down just a tad.
• Jericho (5.8 million, 2.0/5) was on par with last week.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Tuesday’s ratings here.)