Last night we found out who placed third in American Idol (except me, therefore no spoilers!), which again led FOX to victory.
 
FOX won the night with American Idol taking top honors, averaging a 5.9 (18-49) rating and just over 18.5 million viewers. At 8pm, the premiere of The Good Guys posted just a 1.5 rating and just 5 million viewers.
 
ABC took second place with their Wednesday comedy lineup. At 8, There were two episodes of The Middle, a rerun at 8 - which averaged a 1.4 rating and just over 5.3 million viewers – and a brand new episode at 8.30, which averaged a solid 2.5 rating and just over 7.5 million viewers. At 9, the season finale of Modern Family hit series high levels among adults (18-49) with a 4.2 rating and just over 10 million viewers. The Cougar Town season finale was also up vs. last week, with just over 6.2 million viewers and a 2.8 (18-49) rating. At 10, Primetime: What Would You Do? posted a 2.0 rating and just over 5.2 million viewers.
 
CBS again went with a special I Get That a Lot at 8, posting a 2.0 rating and just over 7 million viewers. At 9, a new Criminal Minds was solid, posting a 3.3 (18-49) rating and just over 13 million viewers. A new CSI: NY posted a 2.5 (18-49) rating and 11.4 million viewers at 10 – up vs. last weeks lows.
 
NBC went with a rerun of Minute To Win It at 8, posting a 1.5 (18-49) rating and 5.5 million viewers. An SVU rerun aired at 9, posting a 1.2 rating and just over 4 million viewers. Law & Order: SVU again beat out CSI: NY with a 2.6 rating and just over 8.5 million viewers.
 
The CW went with a new America’s Next Top Model at 8pm, which averaged a 0.9 (18-49) rating and just over 2 million viewers. At 9, a rerun of One Tree Hill posted a 0.3 rating and  just over 0.6 million viewers.

Ghost Whisperer averaged a 1.7 (18-49) rating last season, slightly down vs. last season. While this isn’t perfect, it was still the highest rated show on Friday nights.

It looks like Sheldon’s perfected mind control – The Big Bang Theory has been renewed for a fourth season!

The show – laugh track and all – will return in Fall 2010 with at least a 22 episode second season, CBS has confirmed. Although, I probably should’ve just remembered that they actually renewed it for two seasons last year!

The show has been CBS’ best performer this season, averaging a top 5 worthy 5.5 (18-49) rating so far this season and just over 15 million viewers. Even the reruns do better than the rest of CBS’ schedule!

Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) and friends will see a sixth season – and is staying in its 8pm Monday timeslot.

 The show has – like every year – grown into the season, as more people switch off from the likes of House and never even switched on to NBC’s Monday line up.

The show – now in its sixth season – has averaged over 9.3 million viewers this season and a solid 3.6 A18-49 rating.

The big question is: Will we get to meet the Mother and how will Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) take it?

The ratings were worse than Gary Unmarried (which couldn’t have been easy), averaging under 7 million viewers and just a 1.8 (18-49) rating, under the network average. Goodbye Christine.

It was a hotly anticipated night last night, with American Idol’s final three singers looking for a place in next weeks finale winning for FOX.
 
The American Idol results show was the #1 show for the night (as usual), averaging just over 19 million viewers and a 6.6 (18-49) rating, down slightly vs. last week. At 9.30, another solid ep of Glee kept FOX at the top of the pile, averaging a 4.8 (18-49) rating and 11.5 million viewers.

NBC went with 2 hours of The Biggest Loser to begin their night, averaging a solid 3.1 rating and 8.1 million viewers – not too bad against solid competition. At 10, Parenthood posted a 2.6 rating and 6.2 million viewers – up slightly vs. last week.
 
ABC again saw a poor Dancing with the Stars results show at 8pm, averaging just a 2.5 rating and 13 million viewers at 8pm. Lost fared a bit better but still hit season lows at 9, pulling a 4.1 rating and 10.4 million viewers leading into a new V, which was down slightly vs. last week to a 2.3 rating.

Over on CBS, the usual lineup of NCIS (3.2, 15.6 million viewers), NCIS: LA (3.1, 15.1 million viewers) and The Good Wife (2.3, 12.2 million viewers) had a quiet night and took 3rd place.
 
The CW went with 90210 (0.8, 1.6 million viewers) and a Life UneXpected rerun (0.4 , 1.0 million viewers) to hold onto last place.

Last night was a sweeps night which was once again dominated by CBS and the season finale of House

Dancing with the Stars continued its impressive numbers this week, posting an average 4.2 rating and just over 19 million viewers to win the night for ABC. At 10, Castle was second behind CSI: Miami with a 2.4 rating and just over 10 million viewers.

Over on CBS, How I Met Your Mother was up slightly vs last week to a 3.1 (18-49) rating. At 8.30, Rules of Engagement held steady, pulling a 2.9 rating. Two and a Half  Men posted  a strong 4.4 rating at 9, paired with the season finale of The Big Bang Theory which posted a 5.4 rating. Both shows saw gains  of around 10%. At 10, CSI: Miami fell, posting just a 3.0(18-49 rating), down 10%vs last week.

House pulled just a 4.2 (18-49 rating) at 8pm, growing around 20% from last weeks season low. 24 benefitted from this and saw an increase to a 3.0 (18-49 rating) .

NBC went with Chuck at 8pm posting a 1.9 rating and just over 5.2million viewers. A new Law & Order posted a 1.7 rating at 9, followed by another new Law and Order, which averaged a solid 1.8 rating and just over 6.4 million viewers.

The CW went with One Tree Hill at 8, which continued to dominate with a 1.0 rating and just over 2.0 million viewers. At 9, the season finale of Gossip Girl  drew 2 million viewers and a 1.1 (18-49 rating) up 20% vs. last week.

The show – which is losing Rob Lowe at the end of this season – is due to return in Fall 2010 with a 22 episode fifth season

Via THR:

ABC has renewed “Brothers & Sisters” for a fifth season. The Sally Field soap opera has had, I think, five show runners in four seasons. Maybe they can somehow get back to the show’s basic premise, from which it has seriously drifted, next fall …

The quickest answer? No. The show is one of the best (if not the best) drama performers on the eye and there’s no way that they’re getting rid of it yet.

The show is averaging a whopping 19 million viewers and a 3.7 (18-49) rating for the eye and is a solid performer for the USA network. The show has also given birth to a spin-off, NCIS: Los Angeles, which would surely not perform as well if it didn’t have such a strong lead in.