You gotta give NBC a hand for at least trying something different. Although it did better than last week’s episode of America’s Toughest Jobs, the network’s two-hour debut of Crusoe was third in its hour with the demos. Friday night, once again, totally belonged to CBS.

8pm

• Ghost Whisperer (8.9 million, 2.5/9 in 18-49) was off by a 1/2 million.
• Crusoe (1.6/5) debuted to 7.3 million.
• The first hour of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?* (5.1 million, 1.4/5) lost 700,000.
• Wife Swap (4.5 million, 1.7/6) picked up 200,000.
• Everybody Hates Chris (1.8 million, 0.7/3) did the same as last week; The Game (1.8 million, 0.8/3) was down a notch.

9pm

• The Ex List (6.4 million, 2.0/6 in 18-49) improved by 700,000.
• A second Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (5.5 million, 1.5/5) did better than the first.
• Supernanny (5.3 million, 1.8/6) added on 300,000 more.
• America’s Next Top Model* (1.3 million, 0.6/2) was on par with last Sunday.

10pm

• Numb3rs (8.6 million, 2.1/7 in 18-49) grew by 600,000.
• 20/20 (6.9 million, 2.0/6) remained steady.
• Life (5.9 million, 1.5/5) raised another million.

*denotes repeat

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