'Lie To Me' Can't Fake Good Ratings

FOX's Lie to Me Fox's "American Idol" continued another winning Wednesday, but it didn't do much for the network's new "Lie to Me," which drifted down a bit.

The new Fox drama is now at a 2.3 rating/7 share among 18-49 viewers versus a 2.6/7 in its most recent outing. And it's much lower than the 3 or 4 rating it started with a few months ago.

Still, "Lie To Me" won the 8 p.m. time period -- higher than the 1.9/6 from second-place CW with "America's Next Top Model," the only other series with an original episode during that time period. "Model" won among its more core 18-34 viewers with a 2.2/8.

"Idol" had its usual 8.1/21, virtually the same numbers as a week ago. Fox ended the night with more than double the ratings of CBS, its nearest competitor. Fox earned a 5.2/15 versus CBS' 2.5/7.

CBS' best results came from a 3.5/10 for an original episode of "Criminal Minds," which won the 10 p.m. time period.

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ABC came in third with a 2.1/6. Two of its recent new shows trended down. ABC's 10 p.m. show "The Unusuals" landed in third place with a 1.6/5, down from its 1.9/5 a week ago. The network's 8:30 p.m. show "Better Off Ted" was down to a 1.7/5 from a 1.9/6 of a week ago.

ABC's "Lost" highlight show took a 2.9/7 to offer up some competition to "Idol" at 9 p.m. It was down from its original episode a week ago at a 3.9/10.

NBC was in full rerun mode for the night, as was CBS with comedies "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Gary Unmarried."

NBC had a 1.5/4 for the night, which tied Univision. But the Spanish- language network was higher than NBC among 18-34 viewers -- a 1.4/4 versus a 1.1/3.

CW finished with a 1.2/3 among 18-49 viewers and a 1.4/5 for 18-34 viewers.

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