Depending on how you spin the numbers, the evening either belonged to NBC, CBS or both. The premiere of Southland won the 10:00 battle against Harper’s Island in the demos, but lost in the viewers. NBC tied CBS in the demos, but the Eye network won overall with the viewers. (Maybe we’ll just have to recalculate when ABC isn’t in repeats.)

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.3 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) was up 100,000.
• Bones (8.9 million, 2.5/8) was down 100,000.
• A special episode of The Office (3.3/11) attracted 7.2 million; Parks and Recreation (3.0/9) debuted to 6.8 million.
• In the Motherhood (4.6 million, 1.3/4) lost 400,000; Samantha Who? (4.9 million, 1.4/4) did about the same.
• Smallville* (2 million, 0.7/2) fell by 1.8 million.

9pm

• CSI (16.4 million, 3.7/10 in 18-49) picked up 2 million.
• A second episode of The Office (7.9 million, 3.9/11) did better than the first.
• Hell’s Kitchen (7.6 million, 3.3/9) cooked up 600,000 more.
• 30 Rock (3.1/8) entertained 6.8 million.
• Grey’s Anatomy* (1.4/4) treated another 400,000.
• Supernatural* (2.1 million, 0.8/2) gave up 1.2 million.

10pm

• Harper’s Island (10.5 million, 2.7/8 in 18-49) was on par with Eleventh Hour‘s numbers.
• Southland (3.2/9) opened to 9.7 million.
• Private Practice* (4.3 million, 1.3/4) improved by 500,000.

*denotes repeat

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