Ratings: 'Dancing with the Stars' premiere down 11% from last year - 3/19/2013

UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars adjusted up to 3.2! (Can American Idol beat it this week? Omigosh...)

Dancing with the Stars 12 premiered to a 3.1 adult rating and 17.76 million viewers -- the #1 and most-watched show on Monday. This was down 11% from last year's premiere on March 19, 2012.

However for perspective, DWTS had more viewers than the last episode of American Idol and had the same rating. So this is great news for ABC and it definitely looks like The Voice premiere is in trouble next week. I'm thinking in the low 3's for The Voice.

From TVbytheNumbers:

On ABC, the season premiere of Dancing With the Stars garnered a 3.1 adults 18-49 rating down 11 percent from a 3.5 for last spring’s season premiere on March 19, 2012. However, it delivered ABC’s second highest Adult 18-49 rating in the 2 hour time period since April 23, 2012.

On FOX, The Following scored a 2.4 down 11 percent from last week's 2.7 adults 18-49 rating.

On CBS, How I Met Your Mother earned a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating down 12 percent from a 3.3 for its most recent new episode on February 25. Hawaii Five-0 earned a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating up 5 percent from a 2.0 on February 18.

On NBC, The Biggest Loser season finale notched a 2.6 up 30 percent from last week’s 2.0 adults 18-49 rating and up 18 percent from a 2.2 for last spring’s finale on May 1, 2012. The Deception season – and likely series – finale earned a 1.2 up 9 percent from last week's 1.1 adults 18-49 rating.

On the CW, The Carrie Diaries scored a 0.5 up 25 percent from last week's 0.4 adults 18-49 rating.