Despite having the best debut for any new drama last week, ABC saw no Life on Mars yesterday. The freshman series dropped 27% in the demos and placed third in its hour. Meanwhile, Eleventh Hour actually showed improvement and helped CBS maintain its dominance over Thursdays.

8pm

• Survivor: Gabon (12.9 million, 4.2/2 in 18-49) had 400,000 torches snuffed.
• Ugly Betty (8.2 million,  2.6/8) downsized by 300,000.
• My Name is Earl (6.5 million, 2.6/8) slipped by 600,000; Kath & Kim (6 million, 2.5/7) shrunk by 1.5 million.
• Smallville (4.1 million, 1.7/5) did the same as before.
• Hole in the Wall (1.4/4) returned to 3.6 million.

9pm

• CSI (18.8 million, 5.1/13 in18-49) lost 4.2 million.
• Grey’s Anatomy (14.6 million, 5.8/14) had the night’s best demos.
• The Office (8.1 million, 4.1/10) was off by 900,000; Saturday Night Live (8.6 million, 4.1/10) gave up 2 million.
• Kitchen Nightmares* (1.4/3) grossed out 3.5 million.
• Supernatural (3.1 million, 1.2/3) was on par with last week.

10pm

• Eleventh Hour (12 million, 3.2/9 in 18-49) grew by 400,000.
• Approximately 8.8 million said goodbye to Abby Lockhart on ER (3.5/10).
• Life on Mars (8.5 million, 2.7/7) was down 3.1 million.

*denotes repeat

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