Thank goodness for Wipeout. The Season 2 premiere of summer’s guilty pleasure saved ABC from a completely dismal evening. Even though the reality competition bested SYTYCD in the 8:00 demos, FOX was still the overall winner with the 18-49s. Meanwhile, CBS was first place with the viewers.

8pm

• The George Strait concert special (10.6 million, 2.2/6 in 18-49) drew in the night’s biggest audience for CBS.
• Wipeout (3.2/10) challenged 8.64 million.
• So You Think You Can Dance (3.5/10) averaged 8.58 million over two hours.
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (5.1 million, 1.1/3) was up a tick.
• America’s Next Top Model* (0.5/2) registered 1.2 million.

9pm

• Law & Order: SVU* (6.7 million, 1.7/4) rounded up 2.4 million more.
• The Goode Family‘s debut (3.9 million, 1.6/5) was looking kinda bad.
• Surviving Suburbia (2.8 million, 1.0/3) wilted in its new time slot.
• Hitched or Ditched* (0.5/1) recapped 1.1 million.

10pm

• Criminal Minds* (2.0/6 in 18-49) scored 8.8 million.
• Law & Order* (6.5 million, 1.8/5) was down 200,000.
• The Unusuals (3.9 million, 1.2/3) had its smallest audience to date.

*denotes repeat

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