Wednesday night saw another close race between ABC and CBS.  Although Pushing Daisies and Private Practice both saw a drop in viewers, their demos helped the Alphabet network win the evening. 

8pm

• Deal or No Deal (12.3 million, 3.1/9 in 18-49 demo) had another strong night and grabbed the hour’s largest audience.
• Although down 250,000 viewers, Pushing Daisies (9.7 million, 3.6/10) had the biggest numbers in the valuable age group.
• Kid Nation (7.4 million, 2.4/7) improved up on last week’s numbers.
• Back to You (6.9 million, 2.3/7) and ‘Til Death (7 million, 2.7/7) both saw slight increases.
• America’s Next Top Model (5 million, 2.5/7) lost about 300,000.

9pm

• Private Practice (11.8 million, 4.3/11 in 18-49) had the evening’s best demo turnout.
• At 14.9 million, Criminal Minds (3.9/10) had the night’s largest audience.
• NBC’s Bionic Woman (8.5 million, 3.3/8) dropped over 1.5 million fans.
• Kitchen Nightmares (6.7 million, 3.2/8) held steady from last week.
• Gossip Girl (2.4 million, 1.2/3) turned away about 450,000.

10pm

• CSI: NY (13.9 million, 4.1/11 in 18-49) won the hour in both numbers.
• Dirty Sexy Money (8.6 million, 3.1/9) lost several million from it’s lead-in.
• Life (7.7 million, 2.8/8) was down about 490,000 viewers.