What do you get when House is a repeat and DWTS is gone? Another stellar evening for CBS. Despite a two-hour Biggest Loser finale, the Eye network had its best Tuesday viewership since 1995. Meanwhile, a strong night of reality helped NBC tie CBS in the demos.

8pm

• NCIS (19.9 million, 3.9/11 in 18-49) had its largest audience in its six-year history.
• Approximately 11.7 million watched Michelle Aguilar win The Biggest Loser: Families (4.5/12).
• ABC‘s Charlie Brown Christmas (2.9/8) kept 8.3 million entertained.
• House* (6.4 million, 2.4/7) lost 7.5 million.
• 90210* (1.1 million, 0.5/1) was down a smidge.

9pm

• The Mentalist (19.3 million, 4.2/11 in 18-49) hit another season high.
• Fringe* (4.9 million, 1.9/5) fell 2.2 million.
• The According to Jim block (4.8 million, 1.7/4) gave up 400,000.
• Privileged* (1 million, 0.4/1) did about the same.

10pm

• Without a Trace (14.5 million, 3.2/9 in 18-49) was up 19%.
• The premiere of Momma’s Boys (6.1 million, 2.5/7) benefitted from a hefty lead-in.
• Eli Stone (5 million, 1.5/4) was up slightly.

*denotes repeat

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