• by Wayne Friedman , June 3, 2009

NBC won Tuesday night with a top drawing "Law & Order: SVU" finale and a good-performing "Inside The Obama White House" special.

NBC earned a Nielsen preliminary 2.7/8 among 18-49, and a 2.1/7 numbers against the younger 18-34 demographic, both tops among all broadcast networks on a night that featured a mixed bag of repeats, specials, original programming.

NBC had a nice 2.6/7 for "Obama White House," but it was the "Law & Order: SVU" finale that took top honors as the best-rated show of the night: a 3.5/9 at 10 p.m. "SVU" was also the best-rated show among younger 18-34 viewers, a 2.6/8.

NBC's reality series "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" fell from its premiere -- 19% -- to a 2.2/7 among 18-49ers. That was fairly good news in comparison to Fox's new scripted series "Mental," which fell 24% from its premiere to a 1.6/4.

"Hitched or Ditched," CW's own summer reality effort, improved slightly among young viewers to a 0.9/3 for its original episode at 9 p.m. Earlier in the evening, it earned a 0.5/2 among both 18-49 and 18-34 demographics.

Early prime-time, ABC went with an original "According to Jim," which only managed a 1.2/4 at 8 p.m. ABC then programmed a two-hour "ABC News Special: Earth 2100", which earned virtually the same numbers: a 1.2/3.

After NBC, CBS was second among 18-49 viewers for the night with a 2.1/6; then Fox at a 1.5/5; Univision, a 1.5/4; ABC, a 1.2/4; and CW a 0.6/2.