Attention Dollhouse producers - get Summer Glau on quick! Had I not known that Dollhouse premiered last Friday, I would have assumed by the program’s numbers that it was still in repeats. Unfortunately, the Joss Whedon-created series made its return with the lowest demos for any original that evening. (It’s lead-in - Brothers—didn’t fare much better.) To make matters worse, the FOX drama also pulled in smaller numbers than several repeats.

8pm

• Ghost Whisperer (8.6 million, 2.2/8 in 18-49) was down 700,000 from last fall.
• Law & Order (1.3/5) kicked off its 20th season with 6.3 million.
• A FlashForward* repeat (1.5/5) had 4.6 million blacking out.
• Brothers (1.0/4) kept 2.8 million amused.
• Smallville (1.0/4) debuted to 2.5 million.

9pm

• Medium (2.0/7 in 18-49) channeled 8.8 million on its new network.
• Dateline (5.8 million, 1.5/5) fell by 1.6 million.
• Modern Family* (4.8 million, 1.5/5) and Cougar Town* (4.2 million, 1.5/5) tied in the demos.
• Dollhouse (2.6 million, 1.0/3) dropped 2.1 million from its February premiere.
• America’s Next Top Model* (0.5/2) strutted to 1.2 million.

10pm

• Numb3rs (7.9 million, 1.8/6 in 18-49) was off 200,000 from one year ago.
• 20/20 (7.1 million, 2.3/8) had the best demos of the night.
• The Jay Leno Show (5.7 million, 1.5/5) reached a new demo low.

*denotes repeat

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