It was another heated battle in the ratings last night. When the dust settled, ABC had a claim on the demos while CBS was left with the viewers.

8pm

• Survivor (4.5/12 in 18-49) topped the hour with 14 million.
• A new episode of Ugly Betty (9.3 million, 2.8/8) came in second.
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.7 million, 2.3/6) was about even with last week.
• My Name is Earl (7.4 million, 3.0/9) was up about 800,000; 30 Rock (5.8 million, 2.7/7) remained steady.
• Smallville* (2.81 million, 1.1/3) did about the same.

9pm

• With 18.6 million, CSI (5.4/13 in 18-49) had the night’s largest audience.
• Grey’s Anatomy (17.6 million, 7.1/17) scored Thursday’s best demos.
• Don’t Forget the Lyrics* (6.71 million, 2.1/5) lost about 2 million.
• The Office* (4.99 million, 2.5/6) and Scrubs (4.86 million, 2.4/6) were both down about 1 million.
• Supernatural* (2.04 million, 0.8/2) saw a 200,000 increase.

10pm

• Without a Trace (3.2/8 in 18-49) led the hour with 12.7 million.
• The hour’s best demos went to Barbara Walters: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007 (11.7 million, 4.6/12).
• ER’s 300th episode was down about 500,000 from last week.

*denotes repeat

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