It was another tight race between the Eye and Alphabet networks.  On the first night of sweeps, CBS walked away with the viewers while ABC scored a win in the demos.

8pm

• Survivor (4.8/13 in 18-49 demo) had 14.3 million viewers watch the two tribes merge last night.
• Ugly Betty (9.9 million, 3.4/9) remained about even with last week.
• A 2-hour Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.5 million, 2.5/6) came back after a World Series break.
• A full hour of My Name is Earl (7.3 million, 3.1/9) was down almost 1 million.
• Smallville (1.7/5) rounded off the hour with 4.3 million.

9pm

• Grey’s Anatomy (18.76 million, 8.1/19 in 18-49) bested CSI in both the viewers and demos.
• CSI (18.75 million, 5.6/13) barely landed in second.
• Both The Office (8.4 million, 4.5/11) and Scrubs (6.7 million, 3.7/9) were down from last week.
• Supernatural (3.3 million, 1.3/3) was pretty much even.

10pm

• Without a Trace (14.6 million, 3.9/11 in 18-49 demo) rebounded with nearly 2 million more viewers than last week.
• ER (9.1 million, 3.8/10) did about the same.
• Big Shots (7.5 million, 3.0/8) was slightly down from last Thursday.