Dancing With The Stars Takes the Weekly Ratings

There is a definite battle brewing each week between ABC’s Dancing With The Stars and Fox’s American Idol. While the shows don’t compete against each other, they do face-off in the weekly prime time ratings. In New York this season, the slight nod has gone to Dancing.

DWTS generated an estimated 1.3 million WABC viewers for its two-hour broadcast and a 6.9 rating, equaling a first-place result, according to Nielsen.

Idol‘s two-hour night of singing had a number-two showing on WNYW with 1.2

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