Thanks to a nice showing from House, FOX was able to nab the demos last night. Unfortunately, the network still couldn’t completely overpower a slate of repeats on CBS.

8pm

• NCIS* (14.1 million, 2.7/7 in 18-49) was Wednesday’s most-watched show.
• House (13.9 million, 5.6/15) had the evening’s best demo performance.
• The Biggest Loser: Families (9.2 million, 3.6/9) raised 500,000.
• A special America’s Funniest Home Videos (2.0/5) had 7.3 million laughing.
• 90210* (1.2 million, 0.6/1) did the same as last week.

9pm

• The Mentalist* (13.7 million, 2.8/7) was down 5.1 million.
• Fringe* (7.1 million, 2.7/7) lost 1.6 million.
• The According to Jim block (5.2 million, 1.7/4) gave up 600,000.
• Privileged* (1.1 million,0.4/1) picked up 245,000.

10pm

• Law & Order: SVU (10.9 million 3.7/10 in 18-49) improved by 600,000.
• Without a Trace* (8.5 million, 1.8/5) was down 3.6 million.
• Eli Stone (4.9 million, 1.4/4) remained steady.

*denotes repeat

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