Although FOX easily handled another Tuesday night, a special two-hour Dancing with the Stars block made a nice dent in the competition.

8pm

• American Idol (21.2 million, 8.2/23 in 18-49) took a 3 million hit.
• NCIS (13.8 million, 2.8/8) underperformed by 600,000.
• The first hour of Dancing with the Stars (10.5 million, 2.4/7) did nearly 6 million better than According to Jim.
• Most Outrageous Moments (4.2 million, 1.3/4) was up a smidge.
• Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.7/2) did the same.

9pm

• The Dancing with the Stars results show (18.5 million, 4.5/11 in 18-49) saw a 1.3 million increase.
• Hell’s Kitchen (11.2 million, 5.2/13) scraped off 1.1 million.
• Shark (10.4 million, 2.2/5) was on par with last week.
• Law & Order: SVU* (1.4/4) dialed up 4.1 million.
• Reaper (2.5 million, 1.0/3) remained steady.

10pm

• Law & Order: SVU (10.4 million, 3.5/10 in 18-49) had a 1.7 million drop.
• Women’s Murder Club (8 million, 2.0/5) slipped by 100,000.
• CSI: Miami* (7.6 million, 1.9/5) turned out encore numbers.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Tuesday’s ratings here.)