Although it American Idol had its lowest premiere since 2004, the reality phenom mowed down the competition:

8pm

• American Idol’s 33.2 million (13.8/32 in 18-49) downright embarrassed the competition.
• NCIS’s 15.9 million (3.0/7) would have looked good on any other evening.
• The Biggest Loser (7.2 million, 3.0/7) lost 3 million inches from last week.
• Just for Laughs (1.2/3) entertained just 4.52 million.
• About 1.6 million welcomed Reaper* (0.6/2) in the new time slot.

9pm

• About 12.5 million (2.4/6 in 18-49) continued on with the Comanche Moon saga.
• Both According to Jim (4.1 million, 1.2/3) and Carpoolers (3.1 million, 0.9/2) were down about 400,000 from last week.
• One Tree Hill (2.7 million, 1.3/3) lost 800,000 from its two-hour debut.

10pm

• Law and Order: SVU (4.6/12 in 18-49) kept 12.1 million arrested.
• Boston Legal (2.1/6) served 7.4 million.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Tuesday’s numbers here.)