American Idol may have lost to the Winter Olympics last Wednesday, but there is no way the program would let that happen two weeks in a row. Yesterday’s performances from the Top 12 men helped the program take back the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• American Idol (22.8 million, 8.6/23 in 18-49) was still down 2.2 million from one week ago.
• The Vancouver Olympics (19.5 million, 5.2/14) plunged by 9.8 million.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine* (4.4 million, 1.1/3) lost 500,000.
• Modern Family* (3.9 million, 1.2/3) fell by 1.2 million.
• The Middle* (4 million, 1.4/4) gave up 800,000.
• Gary Unmarried* (3.4 million, 0.9/2) shaved off 1 million.
• Life Unexpected* (1 million, 0.4/1) slid by 300,000.

9pm

• Criminal Minds* (7.3 million, 1.8/4 in 18-49) shed 700,000.
• The second helping of Modern Family* (4.5 million, 1.7/4) did better than the first.
• The Middle* (3.5 million, 1.4/3) was up 300,000 from the previous Wednesday.
• Gossip Girl* (600,000, 0.2/1) did about the same.

10pm

• CSI: NY* (7.9 million, 1.7/5 in 18-49) slipped by 100,000.
• Two episodes of Cougar Town raked in 3.3 million (1.4/4) and 2.7 million (1.1/3) respectively.

*denotes repeat

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