Despite strong performances from (most of) ABC’s comedies and SVU, viewers made CBS their choice last night. Yesterday’s People’s Choice Awards broadcast earned its best demos and viewers since 2007.

8pm

• A new edition of I Get That a Lot (2.9/8 in 18-49) brought in 8.5 million for CBS.
• An early edition of The Middle (2.2/6) raised 7.5 million; the comedy’s second half hour (8.2 million, 2.7/7) hit season highs.
• Mercy (7.3 million, 1.7/5) sunk to a demo low.
• A Glee* repeat (1.3/4) had 3.4 million singing.
• One Tree Hill* (0.4/1) dialed up 895,000.

9pm

• The People’s Choice Awards (3.4/9 in 18-49) averaged 10.8 million over two hours.
• Law & Order: SVU (10.8 million, 3.2/8) climbed to season highs.
• Modern Family (4.1/11) returned to 10.2 million.
• Approximately 7.9 million watched Lisa Kudrow’s visit on Cougar Town (3.3/8).
• The second hour of Glee* (3.4 million, 1.3/3) did about the same as the first.
• Gossip Girl* (487,000, 0.2/1) wasn’t worth talking about.

10pm

• The Jay Leno Show (5.2 million, 1.5/4 in 18-49) didn’t do much to save itself.
• Ugly Betty (5.1 million, 1.6/5) rose to a season high. (Thank you, Wednesdays!)

*denotes repeat