Although American Idol was slightly down from last week, the network basically doubled its nearest competitor - ABC - with both the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• About 24.4 million saw the Top Ten perform on American Idol (9.6/24 in 18-49).
• A Dancing with the Stars recap show (2.1/5) helped 10.4 million get caught up.
• NCIS* (9.4 million, 1.9/5) trimmed off 1.1 million.
• The Biggest Loser (7.9 million, 3.1/8) didn’t lose a pound.
• Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.7/2) was about even with last week.

9pm

• Dancing with the Stars (3.8/9 in 18-49) hoofed it to 17.4 million.
• ’Til Death (10.8 million, 4.6/11) piggybacked off its large lead-in.
• Big Brother (2.3/5) had 6 million watching paint dry.
• Reaper* (1.7 million, 0.6/2) did a lousy job substituting for One Tree Hill.

10pm

• Primetime (3.2/9 in 18-49) had 10.4 million wondering what they would do.
• Law & Order: SVU* (8.5 million, 2.6/7) got by with a half million less.
• Jericho (1.9/5) said goodbye to a loyal 6 million.

*denotes repeat

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