Life pre-Idol never looks quite as good as it does post-Idol. Last night, Human Target took quite a hit in its new 8:00 time slot and tied a repeat of Modern Family in the demos.

8pm

• Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (2.9/9 in 18-49) had 11.2 million laughing.
• Human Target (7.8 million, 2.4/7) gave up 2.6 million.
• The Middle (2.7/8) scored 7.3 million.
• A Modern Family* repeat (2.4/7) pulled in 6.8 million.
• Mercy (6.3 million, 1.6/5) added on 500,000.
• Life Unexpected* (1.4 million, 0.6/2) slid by 300,000.

9pm

• American Idol (7.7/20 in 18-49) recapped 20.1 million.
• Criminal Minds (14.8 million, 3.8/10) fell by 500,000.
• Modern Family (9.1 million, 3.9/10) lost 700,000.
• Cougar Town (6.2 million, 2.9/7) scraped off 1.3 million.
• Law & Order: SVU* (0.9/2) nailed down 4.1 million.
• Gossip Girl* (0.2/1) settled for 500,000.

10pm

• CSI: NY (14.2 million, 3.4/10 in 18-49) improved by 300,000.
• The Jay Leno Show (4.2 million, 1.2/3) turned away 400,000.
• Ugly Betty (4.1 million, 1.5/4) shed 500,000.

*denotes repeat

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