ABC, apparently not feeling the love from Cupid, decided to try out another struggling series last night. Unfortunately, The Unusuals failed to deliver as well. Although the the program did just as well as it did last Wednesday, it didn’t improve despite a better lead-in.

8pm

• American Idol (8.0/22 in 18-49) had 23.2 million doing the Hustle.
• The Biggest Loser: Couples (9.3 million, 3.8/10) gained 200,000.
• The Big Bang Theory* (1.6/5) drew in 6 million; Two and a Half Men* (1.8/5) gathered 6.7 million.
• According to Jim (3.7 million, 1.0/3) fell by 800,000.
• Reaper (2.5 million, 1.0/3) added on a 1/2 million.

9pm

• Approximately 14.5 million saw Lawrence Taylor leave the Dancing with the Stars stage (3.2/8 in 18-49).
• NCIS* (12.3 million, 2.8/7) was off by 1.1 million.
• Fringe (10.5 million, 4.1/10) lost 1 million.
• 90210 (2.2 million, 1.1/3) did about the same.

10pm

• The Mentalist* (12.3 million, 2.7/7 in 18-49) improved by 200,000.
• Law & Order: SVU* (7.1 million, 2.7/7) raised 600,000.
• The Unusuals (6.3 million, 1.6/4) was beat by two repeats.

*denotes repeat

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