30 Rock has no problems attracting guest stars and earning Emmys—so why does it continue to struggle in the ratings? Last night’s Season 4 premiere found itself down 27% in the demo from this same time last year. It also lost over 20% of The Office‘s viewers.

8pm

• Survivor: Samoa (3.5/10 in 18-49) tested 11.9 million.
• Flashpoint (3.1/9) had 9.1 million guessing.
• Bones (2.6/7) also rounded up 9.1 million.
• Community (5.1 million, 2.0/6) tied Parks and Recreation (4.7 million, 2.0/6) in the demos.
• The Vampire Diaries (1.8/5) roped in 3.9 million.

9pm

• CSI (15.1 million, 3.6/9) was the most-watched program.
• Grey’s Anatomy (13.6 million, 4.9/13 in 18-49) had the best demos of the night.
• The Office (4.0/10) attracted 8.1 million; 30 Rock (3.0/8) debuted to 6.3 million.
• Fringe (2.2/6) registered 6 million.
• Supernatural (1.2/3) pitched in 2.6 million.

10pm

• The Mentalist (3.4/9) collected 14.4 million.
• Approximately 10.4 million watched Bailey’s crossover into Private Practice (3.9/11).
• The Jay Leno Show (1.8/5) mustered up 5.2 million.

*denotes repeat