Fox’s American Idol won Thursday evening with its wild card episode, drawing 21.2 million viewers, an uptick from the audience for last week’s results show. Competing against Idol at 8 p.m., CBS’ Survivor managed to hold onto most of its viewers from last week, drawing 12 million pairs of eyeballs. At 9 p.m., the Eye’s CSI dominated with 21 million watchers, making it a close No. 2 on the night. The stalwart procedural gained 3.2 million viewers from last week’s new episode. And for the second week in a row, ER gained viewers, as did its rival at 10 p.m., CBS’s Eleventh Hour.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 p.m. | American Idol (Fox) Survivor (CBS) Ugly Betty (ABC) My Name is Earl (NBC) Smallville (The CW) |
21.2 12.0 6.4 5.6 2.2 (repeat) |
| 8:30 p.m. | Kath & Kim (NBC) | 4.2 |
| 9 p.m. | CSI (CBS) Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) The Office (NBC) Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Supernatural (The CW) |
21.0 10.6 8.6 5.7 (repeat) 2.0 (repeat) |
| 9:30 p.m. | 30 Rock (NBC) | 7.4 |
| 10 p.m. | Eleventh Hour (CBS) ER (NBC) Private Practice (ABC) |
12.2 8.8 4.5 (repeat) |
Private Practice is on ABC, not CBS.
I don’t know if you all know or care about this,but Burn Notice had 6.1 million viewers! Which means it beat BOTH Grey’s Anatomy & My Name Is Earl!!!