Prison Break‘s long absence did not make the heart grow fonder. After months off the calendar, the retiring series returned to a new day and disappointing numbers. CBS’ slate of repeats wound up winning the night in viewers while ABC placed first in the demos.

8pm

• Ghost Whisperer* (6.6 million, 1.3/5 in 18-49) gave up 3.6 million.
• Wife Swap (5.5 million, 1.7/7) improved by 900,000.
• Howie Do It (3.3 million, 0.9/3) slipped by 600,000.
• An earlier hour of Prison Break* (0.8/3) recapped 2.7 million.
• Everybody Hates Chris* (1.4 million, 0.6/2) and The Game* (1.3 million, 0.5/2) were both down 100,000.

9pm

• Flashpoint* (6.4 million, 1.3/4) gave up 3.3 million.
• Dateline (1.5/5) turned in 6 million.
• Supernanny* (4.7 million, 1.6/5) was off by 700,000.
• An original episode of Prison Break (3.4 million, 1.2/4) picked up less than Dollhouse.
• America’s Next Top Model* (1.2 million, 0.5/2) did the same as last week.

10pm

• Dateline (7.8 million, 2.0/6 in 18-49) rounded up another 3 million.
• Numb3rs* (6.7 million, 1.6/5) shrunk by 3 million.
• 20/20 (5.4 million, 1.4/5) fell by 500,000.

*denotes repeat

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