The two-hour launch of “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains” drew big numbers for CBS on Thursday night. Not only did the premiere dominate its regular 8 p.m. hour, but it beat “Grey’s Anatomy” at 9 p.m. and helped “The Mentalist” crush “Private Practice” at 10 p.m.

CBS started the night in first with an 8.2/13 for “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains,” which also averaged a 4.6 demo rating. FOX’s repeat of “Bones” was second with a 4.9/8. ABC’s “The Deep End” was third overall, but tied for fourth in the key demo. NBC’s “Community” and “Parks and Recreation” had a 3.2/5 and finished second for the hour in the 18-49 demo. The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” was on the low side with a 2.3/4 and a 1.5 demo rating.

Source: HitFix

CBS easily won every hour time slot in primetime Thursday night with new episodes of Survivor, CSI, and The Mentalist. The network averaged 15.9 million viewers, nearly double what second-place Fox tallied.

Survivor opened the night in first with a 4.3/12 and 13.8 million viewers. Fox was next at 3.1/9 for Bones. NBC drew a 2.3/7 with Community (2.3/7) and Parks and Recreation (2.3/6). ABC’s rerun of FlashForward came in at 0.9/3. The CW’s Vampire Diaries was fifth with a 0.8/2.

Led by ”Survivor: Samoa,” CBS drew 11.1 million viewers and a 7.0 rating/11 share in households for the night. ABC (8.8 million, 5.9/9) came in second, a little ahead of FOX (8.4 million, 5.2/8). NBC took fourth with 5.65 million viewers and a 3.5/6, and The CW (1.95 million, 1.3/2) brought up the rear.

ABC tied CBS for the lead among adults 18-49 at 2.9. FOX drew a 2.7, followed by NBC at 2.4 and The CW at 0.8.

Thursday hour by hour:

8 p.m.

CBS: “Survivor: Samoa” (12.75 million viewers, 7.5/12 households)
FOX: “Bones” (9.9 million, 6.2/10)
ABC: “FlashForward” (7.3 million, 4.6/7)
NBC: “Community” (5.4 million, 3.3/6)/”Parks and Recreation” (4.8 million, 3.0/5)
The CW: “The Vampire Diaries” rerun (2 million, 1.3/2)

18-49 leader: “Survivor: Samoa” (3.9)

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