Increased competition resulted in interesting results for yesterday’s programs. For the first time in days, The Jay Leno Show saw numbers under 10 million. Meanwhile, The Vampire Diaries - last Thursday’s record breaker - came packed with a little less bite. At the end of the evening, CBS was on top with the viewers while FOX was first in the demos.

8pm

• The premiere of Survivor: Samoa (11.5 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) had the smallest audience in Survivor debut history.
• Approximately 11 million watched the debut of Bones (3.0/9).
• SNL Weekend Update Thursday (2.0/7) got 5.7 million warmed up for the night; Parks and Recreation (2.1/6) followed with 5 million.
• The first hour of Grey’s Anatomy* (1.2/4) picked up 4.3 million.
• The Vampire Diaries (3.8 million, 1.6/5) lost 1 million since last Thursday.

9pm

• CSI* (2.0/6 in 18-49) registered 8.8 million.
• The Office (8.1 million, 4.0/11) had the night’s best demos.
• Fringe (2.9/8) rang up 8 million.
• Community‘s series premiere (7.7 million, 3.7/10) retained most of its lead-in.
• The final hour of Grey’s Anatomy* (5.6 million, 1.7/5) did better than the first.
• Supernatural (2.8 million, 1.2/3) was off by 600,000.

10pm

• A repeat of The Mentalist* (8.7 million, 1.9/6 in 18-49) topped NBC in the hour.
• The Jay Leno Show (8.5 million, 2.7/8) plunged nearly 50% since Monday.
• Private Practice* (1.0/3) settled for 3.4 million.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Wednesday’s ratings here.)