Although ABC was fourth last night, the debut of Hopkins did well in its hour despite lousy lead-ins. Meanwhile, CBS was the winner in both categories yesterday.

8pm

• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6.9 million, 1.8/6 in 18-49) lost 900,000 from last week.
• Million Dollar Password* (6.8 million, 1.7/6) was a close second.
• Last Comic Standing (5.3 million, 2.1/7) pulled in another 800,000.
• Ugly Betty* (3.5 million, 0.8/3) tacked on an additional 400,000.
• Smallville* (1.6 million, 0.6/2) shrunk by 600,000.

9pm

• So You Think You Can Dance (8.6 million, 3.0/9 in 18-49) was down slightly.
• CSI* (7.2 million, 1.7/5) slipped by 1/2 million.
• Grey’s Anatomy* (3.4 million, 0.9/3) was up 200,000.
• Supernatural* (1.5 million, 0.5/2) was off by 400,000.

10pm

• The premiere of Hopkins (1.6/5 in 18-49) attracted 5.8 million.
• Swingtown (5.7 million, 1.9/6) kissed off 400,000.
• Fear Itself (1.5/4) spooked up 4.5 million.

*denotes repeat

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