ABC’s crossover experiment paid off big time yesterday. Despite an all-new lineup on CBS (and the season premiere of Survivor), the Alphabet network finished the night with a win in the demos. CBS, though, did place first with the viewers.

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (4.4/13 in 18-49) kicked things off with 13.8 million.
• Ugly Betty (7.4 million, 2.3/6) did about the same.
• My Name is Earl (6.3 million, 2.6/8) was up a smidge; Kath & Kim (5.5 million, 2.4/6) picked up 800,000.
• FOX‘s coverage of the 40th NAACP Image Awards (1.4/4) drew in 4.2 million.
• Smallville* (2.4 million, 0.9/3) was off by 1.5 million.

9pm

• CSI (17.8 million, 4.9/12 in 18-49) was the most-watched show of the night.
• Grey’s Anatomy (15.1 million, 5.9/14) had the hour’s best demos.
• The Office (8.9 million, 4.6/11) picked up a 1/2 million; 30 Rock (7.6 million, 3.8/9) improved by 1.3 million.
• Supernatural* (2 million, 0.8/2) lost 1.3 million.

10pm

• Private Practice (14.2 million, 5.8/15 in 18-49) had its second-largest audience ever.
• Eleventh Hour (11 million, 2.7/7) raised 2.8 million.
• ER (7.3 million, 2.6/7) remained steady.

*denotes repeat

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