Finally, American Idol is no longer responsible for carrying a whole network.  With assistance from Truth, FOX notched another victory in its ratings belt.

8pm

• American Idol (26.8 million, 10.8/28 in 18-49) was down 3.5 mill from last Wednesday.
• Deal or No Deal (13.8 million, 3.7/10) scored another 2 million from the banker.
• Wife Swap (5.6 million, 1.9/5) traded up for another 400,000.
• Power of 10 (3.9 million, 0.9/2) weakened by a million.
• Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants (1.5 million, 0.7/2) did about the same.

9pm

• The Moment of Truth (10.2/24 in 18-49) detected 23.2 million.
• A new Criminal Minds (3.2/8) interrogated 12.9 million.
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (8.3 million, 2.2/5) lost about 500,000.
• Supernanny (2.7/6) came to the rescue of 7.1 million.
• Gossip Girl* (1.2 million, 0.5/1) rehashed the same old news.

10pm

• CSI: NY (3.3/9 in 18-49) closed the evening with 11.7 million.
• Law & Order (10.3 million, 3.0/8) lost 1.3 million cases.
• Cashmere Mafia (5.6 million, 2.0/5) grew by 200,000.

*denotes repeat

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