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ABC's "Dancing" steps up in season premiere

Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:53pm EDT
Heather Mills McCartney and dancer Jonathan Roberts perform during the fourth season premiere of ABC's ''Dancing with the Stars,'' in this March 19, 2007 handout photo. REUTERS/Carol Kaelson/ABC

By Andrew Wallenstein

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" returned to the airwaves with the spring still in its step Monday.

The fourth-season premiere averaged 21.7 million viewers from 8-10 p.m., according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. If the figures hold up, it will have outdrawn the third-season premiere, which grabbed more than 20 million in September.

"Stars" took the air out of the competition at 9 p.m. in particular, driving CBS' comedy duo "Two and a Half Men" and "Rules of Engagement" to season lows; NBC's "Deal or No Deal" also was running below par, but Fox's "24" held up O.K.

Nightly averages: ABC (16.9 million), CBS (11.7 million), NBC (11.3 million), Fox (10.1 million) and the CW (2.3 million).

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