FOX won the night with an average of 16.3 viewers and a 9.5 rating/16 share in households. CBS followed with 12.9 million viewers (8.0/13). In third place was ABC (4.8 million, 2.9/5), followed by NBC (2.4 million, 1.7/3) and CW (1.2 million, 0.8/1).
n the 18-49 demographic FOX had an 5.0 rating, followed by CBS with 3.1, ABC with 1.6, NBC with 1.1, and CW with 0.4.
Thursday hour by hour: 8 p.m.
FOX: "American Idol" (21 million viewers, 12.5/20)
CBS: "The Big Bang Theory" (12.1 million, 7.4/12) / "Rules of Engagement" (9.4 million, 5.7/9)
ABC: "Wipeout" rerun (5.5 million, 3.0/5)
NBC: "Community" rerun (2.7 million, (1.8/3) / "Perfect Couples" rerun (1.9 million, 1.4/2)
The CW: "The Vampire Diaries" rerun (1.2 million, 0.9/1)
18-49 leader: "American Idol" (6.2)
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI" (13.5 million, 8.4/12)
FOX: "Bones" (11 million, 6.6/11)
ABC: "Wipeout" rerun (5.4 million, 3.1/5)
NBC: "The Office" rerun (2.9 million, 2.0/3) / "Parks and Recreation" rerun (2.4 million, 1.7/3)
The CW: "Nikita" rerun (1.1 million, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "Bones" (3.4)
10 p.m.
CBS: "The Mentalist" (14.3 million, 9.0/16)
ABC: "Grey's Anatomy" rerun (3.3 million, 2.4/2)
NBC: "30 Rock" rerun (2.3 million, 1.6/3) / "Outsourced" rerun (2.1 million, 1.5/3)
18-49 leader: "The Mentalist" (3.0)