After what seemed like months of repeats, ABC returned last night with (mostly) new episodes. The network took the 10:00 hour away from Southland and won the night’s demos. CBS, though, was first place with the viewers.

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.4 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) was on par with last week.
• Bones (8.2 million, 2.2/7) dropped 500,000.
• My Name is Earl (5.5 million, 2.2/7) picked up 200,000; Parks and Recreation (5.2 million, 2.3/7) lost 700,000.
• Grey’s Anatomy* (5.1 million, 1.5/5) did better than the previous comedies.
• Smallville* (1.3/4) returned to 3.1 million.

9pm

• CSI (14.5 million, 3.6/9 in 18-49) had the night’s biggest audience.
• Grey’s Anatomy (13.2 million, 4.9/13) had Thursday’s best demos.
• The Office (7.2 million, 3.7/10) and 30 Rock (6.3 million, 3.1/8) both gave up a million.
• Hell’s Kitchen (6.8 million, 3.0/8) tossed 1.2 million.
• Supernatural (1.1/3) turned in 2.8 million.

10pm

• Private Practice (9.2 million, 3.4/10 in 18-49) bested the newbies.
• Southland (8 million, 2.5/7) took a 1.6 million hit.
• Harper’s Island (7.5 million, 2.0/6) shrunk by 700,000.

*denotes repeat

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