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.