FOX won what was generally an uneventful evening.  The only item of note was the unimpressive return of Men in Trees.

8pm

• American Idol (10.4/26 in 18-49) sang to the tune of 27.4 million.
• Deal or No Deal (2.2/6) ramped up the tension with 9.4 million.
• Wife Swap (5.6 million, 2.1/5) and Big Brother (5.6 million, 2.1/5) turned in identical performances.
• America’s Next Top Model (3.9 million, 2.0/5) did slightly better than last week.

9pm

• Back to You (4.4/11 in 18-49) scored a nice 12.3 million.
• There was practically a three-way tie in this hour.  Supernanny (8.36 million, 3.3/8), Criminal Minds* (8.37 million, 2.3/6 in 18-49) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (8.34 million, 2.2/5).
• Girlicious* (2 million, 1.0/2) was up just a hair from last week.

10pm

• Law & Order (11.4 million, 3.4/9 in 18-49) was up a 1/2 million.
• CSI: NY* (8.0 million, 2.3/6) also had a nice gain.
• The debut of Men in Trees (5.7 million, 1.7/5) at least did better than Cashmere’s last episode.

*denotes repeat

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