A post-Idol slot gave New Amsterdam the chance to draw a few first impressions.  Question is:  Will it be able to survive in its regular Monday time slot?

8pm

• American Idol (10.5/26 in 18-49) got the party started with 28.2 million.
• NCIS* (10.6 million, 2.1/5) slipped by 600,000; The Biggest Loser (8.7 million, 3.5/9) packed on the same amount.
• Just for Laughs (4.9 million, 1.4/3) was up a few ticks.
• America’s Next Top Model* (0.7/2) posed for 1.6 million.

9pm

• New Amsterdam (4.6/11 in 18-49) debuted to 13.7 million.
• Big Brother (6.7 million, 2.5/6) repeated last week’s performance.
• According to Jim (5.6 million, 1.9/5) and Carpoolers (4.2 million, 1.5/4) both saw nice gains from last week.
• One Tree Hill (3 million, 1.5/4) slid by 200,000.

10pm

• Law & Order: SVU (9.4 million, 2.9/8 in 18-49) did leaps and bound better than last week’s failed Quarterlife experiment.
• Primetime (6.4 million, 2.3/6) was deflated by 1.2 million.
• Jericho (5.9 million, 1.8/5) whittled away another 1 million.

*denotes repeat

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