Image Credit: Dean Hendler/NBCThe latest installment from the Law & Order franchise brought some much-needed good news to the Peacock network on Wednesday. Law & Order: Los Angeles won its 10 p.m. timeslot among adults 18-49 (3.1 rating/9 share) and in viewers (10.5 million) and boosted NBC’s performance in the timeslot by 63% versus last year. L&O: LA is now the second most successful new show among adults 18-49 this season, behind CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. Each 18-49 rating point represents 1.31 million viewers.

CBS still won the night in viewers (12.3 million) and adults 18-49 (3.2/9), thanks to another strong performance by Survivor (12.1 million). It will be interesting to see if the show maintains such a healthy audience after the older tribe made the (bad) decision to oust ex-NFL coach Jimmy Johnson. At 9 p.m, Criminal Minds dominated in viewers with (14.3 million) but the new drama The Defenders had to settle for second place in eyeballs (10.3 million) and adults 18-49 because of L&O: LA.

Fox, which aired a two-hour installment of Hell’s Kitchen, came in second for the night among adults 18-49 and fourth in viewers (6.3 million). NBC came in third in the demo and second in viewers (8.9 million) while ABC finished fourth among adults 18-49 and third in viewers (7.28 million). Modern Family had another great night and won its timeslot in just about every demographic but it dipped 12% versus last year among adults. Meanwhile, ABC’s new drama The Whole Truth continues to struggle at 10: It was down 13% versus last week’s premiere among 18-49 and only averaged 4.71 million.

Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBS; Eric McCandless/ABC; David M. Russell/CBS It was another Glee-ful night for Fox on Tuesday: The sophomore drama not only averaged 13.2 million viewers, it posted its best-ever rating among adults 18-49 (5.8 rating/16 share). Fox says this is the first time in 17 years that the highest-rated entertainment program of premiere week actually grew in week two among adults 18-49 and total viewers (since the Fall of 1993 with Seinfeld). Each rating point represents 1.31 million viewers.

The Glee lead-in did a solid for Fox’s new comedy Raising Hope. The Martha Plimpton starrer was up 3% among adults 18-49 (3.2/9) and total viewers (7.4 million) from last week’s premiere. But the mushroom effect from Glee stopped at 9:30 p.m. The new comedy Running Wilde starring Will Arnett and Keri Russell only averaged a 2.1/5 in 18-49 – a 13% drop from last week. It averaged 4.7 million viewers. Overall, though, Fox still won the night among adults 18-49 and came in third among viewers (9.68 million).

CBS won the night in viewers (16.02 million) because of big audiences for NCIS (18.7 million), NCIS: LA (16.4 million), and the return of The Good Wife (12.8 million). In fact, the latter drama starring Julianna Margulies won its timeslot among adults 18-49 and key female demos.

ABC featured the debut of No Ordinary Family, which held up pretty well considering the competition from Fox and CBS. The Michael Chiklis series about a super-power clan averaged 10.54 million viewers and built in its second half-hour among some male demographics. The results show of Dancing with the Stars (your jive wasn’t that horrible but goodbye anyway, Michael Bolton!) averaged 17.05 million. ABC came in second for the night among viewers (12.2 million) and third among 18-49.

NBC was fourth on Tuesday among adults and viewers (6.37 million). A two-hour edition of The Biggest Loser averaged 7.1 million, and Parenthood brought in 4.85 million.