Wednesday’s premiere of Pushing Daisies attracted many customers to The Pie Hole.  By night’s end, ABC came out with another win (followed by CBS, NBC, FOX and CW).

8pm

• ABC’s Pushing Daisies drew an impressive 12.8 million viewers and dominated in the important 18-49 age group (4.2 rating/12 demo).
• NBC’s Deal or No Deal (11.1 million, 2.8/8) came up second.
• Kid Nation (7.5 million, 2.4/7), America’s Next Top Model (4.5 million, 2.2/6) and Back To You (6.6 million, 2.4/7) all saw a loss in viewers.
• ‘Til Death (6.2 million, 2.5/7) remained steady while Kitchen Nightmares (6.3 million, 2.9/7) hung in there.

9pm

• CBS’ Criminal Minds (14.4 million, 3.7/9) took the hour in viewers, but placed 3rd in the demos.
• Private Practice (12.3 million, 4.5/11) declined from last week, but still topped that new show on NBC.
• Bionic Woman (10.9 million, 4.0/10) dropped 30% in the demos and lost 19% of its viewers.
• CW’s Gossip Girl (2.8 million, 1.3/3) remained fairly even.

10pm

• CSI: NY (12.7 million, 3.9/10) maintained last week’s viewership numbers.
• ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money (9.7 million, 3.6/10) lost almost 700,000 viewers but moved up to second place.
• NBC’s Life (8.8 million, 3.0/8) lost 13% of its audience causing it to fall into 3rd place.