On a Thursday night when most shows — Survivor, Bones, In the Motherhood, Samantha Who?, The Office (which aired two new episodes), 30 Rock — were down from their season averages, CBS won the ratings race thanks, of course, to CSI. As for the evening’s much-publicized new programs, NBC’s cop drama Southland nabbed a respectable 9.7 million pairs of eyes in ER‘s old 10 p.m. slot. CBS’ limited-run Harper’s Island lost nearly 6 million viewers from its CSI lead-in, garnering 10.5 million folks, also at 10 p.m. And NBC’s Parks & Recreation drew 6.8 million people at 8:30 p.m., even though it followed an episode of The Office that had 7.2 million watchers and came before another Office that boasted 8 million viewers.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
| 8:00 p.m. | Survivor (CBS) Bones (Fox) The Office (NBC) In the Motherhood (ABC) Smallville (The CW) |
11.3 8.9 7.2 4.6 2.0 (repeat) |
| 8:30 p.m. | Parks & Recreation (NBC) Samantha Who? (ABC) |
6.8 4.9 |
| 9:00 p.m. | CSI (CBS) The Office (NBC) Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Supernatural (The CW) |
16.4 8.0 7.6 5.1 (repeat) 2.0 (repeat) |
| 9:30 p.m. | 30 Rock (NBC) | 6.8 |
| 10:00 p.m. | Harper’s Island (CBS) Southland (NBC) Private Practice (ABC) |
10.5 9.7 4.3 (repeat) |
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