Last night, we saw a good match between NBC and CBS.  Although the Peacock network was a winner with the viewers, the Eye network snagged the title for the demos.

8pm

• Deal or No Deal (2.6/8 in 18-49) dialed up 10.2 million for a rare Thursday appearance.
• The NCAA tournament (3.3/9) averaged 8.4 million for the evening.
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (7.3 million, 2.2/7) failed by 2 million.
• Miss Guided (6.3 million, 2.2/7) did better than last week’s Lost repeat.
• Smallville (3.4 million, 1.4/4) went downhill by 400,000.

9pm

• Lost (11.3 million, 4.4/12 in 18-49) lost 600,000 from last Thursday.
• Celebrity Apprentice (8.6 million, 3.1/8) recruited 500,000.
• Don’t Forget the Lyrics (8.5 million, 2.7/7) was off tune by 300,000.
• Reaper (2.9 million, 1.2/3) captured 100,000 more souls.

10pm

• Eli Stone (7.5 million, 2.5/7) drew in 200,000 more than one week ago.
• Lipstick Jungle (7.1 million, 2.6/7) saw a nice 1.5 million increase.

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