Ratings: Dancing with the Stars premieres with 22.3 million viewers

Dancing with the Stars had huge ratings last night. Could the show have more viewers this week than American Idol just like last season?

DWTS stars was down 20% in the ratings over last Spring's season, but was up by 1 million viewers over last Fall's season (featuring Bristol Palin). Last night was DWTS's 3rd most watched premiere ever.

From TVbytheNumbers:

The premiere of Dancing with the Stars scored a 5.1 adults 18-49 ratings and 22.3 million viewers, leading ABC to a nightly win, but that was down 20% from last year’s spring premiere. Last year’s spring premiere averaged a 6.4 adults 18-49 rating and 24.2 million viewers on Monday, March 22, 2010.