Good news and bad news for FOX last night. Although House saw its lowest Tuesday ratings since 2005, the show did well enough to slaughter the competition. Meanwhile, Fringe saw a dramatic improvement over its premiere thanks to the strong lead-in.

8pm

• Approximately 14.7 million saw the season premiere of House (5.6/16 in 18-49).
• NCIS* (1.8/5) checked in with 9.6 million.
• The Biggest Loser: Families (3.2/9) weighed in with 7.9 million.
• The season finale of Wipeout (2.0/6) waved goodbye to 6 million.
• 90210 (3.3 million, 1.7/5) did about the same as last week.

9pm

• Fringe (13.3 million, 5.1/13 in 18-49) saw a 59% improvement in the demo.
• The Big Brother 10 closer (7.6 million, 2.7/7) attracted 600,000 more.
• Privileged (2.4 million, 1.1/3) took a 500,000 hit.

10pm

• Without a Trace* (1.6/4 in 18-49) registered 6.3 million.
• Law & Order: SVU* (5.7 million, 2.0/6) slipped by 2 million.
• Primetime: UFOs…Seeing is Believing (1.9/5) pulled in 5.7 million for ABC.

*denotes repeat

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