DANCE FEVER HEATS UP

A two-hour edition of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars dominated Monday viewing, easily capturing every half hour of primetime between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. as it averaged 19 million viewers. Some 18 million viewers tuned in to the first hour, surging to 20 million in the second hour. Despite a night of stiff competition, CBS and Fox managed to post solid ratings — even against ABC’s Dancing juggernaut. In the 8:00 p.m. hour, Fox landed 9.3 million viewers for its hit drama House. while at 9:00 p.m., CBS rounded up 13.75 million viewers for Two and a Half Men and 13.6 million for The Big Bang Theory. At 10:00 p.m. ABC’s Castle improved to 11.1 million viewers, tying for the lead in the hour with CBS’s CSI: Miami.