The Season Four premiere of Lost received a very warm welcome.  As a result, the debut of Eli Stone also got off to a fine start.

8pm

• About 13.1 million got caught up with the Lost recaps (4.9/13 in 18-49).
• Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (10.6 million, 3.1/8) did about the same as last week.
• CSI: NY* (8.8 million, 1.9/5) was up just a bit.
• My Name Is Earl* (5.3 million, 2.2/6) started NBC‘s night off on a slow note; The Office* (4.5 million, 1.9/5) went downhill from there.
• Smallville (3.8 million, 1.6/4) looked a lot bigger this week.

9pm

• The Lost premiere (6.7/16 in 18-49) got 16 million roped in.
• CSI* (11.9 million, 2.7/7) finally gave up the win.
• Don’t Forget the Lyrics (10 million, 3.3/8) kept most of its lead-in.
• The first half of Celebrity Apprentice (2.8/7) started off with 6.9 million.
• Supernatural (3 million,1.3/3) was up 1.2 mill from last week.

10pm

• Approximately 11.6 million displayed a little faith in Eli Stone (4.2/11 in 18-49).
• Without a Trace* (10.4 million, 2.4/7) saw a loss of 1.4 million.
• The last half of Celebrity Apprentice (8.7 million, 3.6/10) ended on an upswing.

*denotes repeat

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