There’s a few things that can safely be said when it comes to ratings. One: Anything you place against American Idol - especially if it’s a repeat (and there were a lot of those last night) - will lose. Two: Anything you place after the FOX hit will garner a lot of interest. (Case in point: Human Target.)

8pm

• American Idol (26.1 million 9.9/27 in 18-49) was down 3.8 million from last week.
• NCIS* (2.6/7) checked in 14.1 million.
• The Biggest Loser (9.9 million, 4.1/11) piled on 1.8 million more.
• Scrubs* (2.7 million, 0.8/2) did about the same.
• Better Off Ted* (0.6/2) scraped up 2 milion.
• 90210* (800,000, 0.3/1) was up slightly.

9pm

• NCIS: Los Angeles* (2.5/7 in 18-49) turned in 12.3 million.
• A repeat of Human Target* (9.2 million, 3.4/9) had the best demos for any scripted program last night.
• Scrubs (3.3 million, 1.4/4) raised 600,000.
• Better Off Ted (3.2 million, 1.3/3) rounded up 700,000 more.
• Melrose Place* (0.2/1) checked in 700,000.

10pm

• The Good Wife* (2.0/6) scored 9.6 million.
• The Jay Leno Show (6.3 million, 2.0/6) attracted 900,000 more.
• The Forgotten* (1.0/3) located 3.7 million.

*denotes repeat

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