American Idol‘s first results show of the season wasn’t strong enough to compete with the action in Vancouver. Coverage of the women’s figure skating finals helped NBC defeat FOX in the viewers and demos once again.

8pm

• The Olympic Games (22.5 million, 5.8/16 in 18-49) fell 2.8 million from last Thursday.
• Approximately 17.8 million watched the first four eliminations on American Idol (6.4/17).
• Survivor (11.5 million, 3.7/10) only lost 400,000.
• The Deep End (1.1/3) ended its run with 3.9 million.
• The Vampire Diaries* (1.7 milion, 0.7/2) remained steady.

9pm

• The Mentalist* (9.6 million, 2.2/6) added on 800,000.
• Kitchen Nightmares (3.5/9) pulled in 7.7 million for FOX.
• Grey’s Anatomy* (1.3/4) triaged 4.5 million.
• Supernatural* (1.5 million, 0.6/2) did about the same.

10pm

• CSI* (7.7 million, 1.8/5) shaved off 200,000.
• Private Practice* (1.1/3) entertained 3.6 million.

*denotes repeat

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