ABC's "Lost" third season premiere averaged 18.5 million total viewers, down 25 percent from its season two premiere, but equal to its season two finale.
The same network's much hyped but lackluster new drama "The Nine" slipped over 30 percent from its "Lost" season premiere lead-in to deliver 11.96 million viewers - not bad but far from great figures. More notably the show lost viewers over the course of its hour.
On Tuesday "Veronica Mars" season-three premiere on The CW matched its best-ever ratings in the demographic and was its fourth most watched episode ever (3.3 million viewers).
NBC's critically acclaimed drama "Friday Night Lights" premiered to weak ratings on Tuesday with 7.2 million total viewers and a third position timeslot.
None of Fox's new shows are doing very well so after baseball playoffs, the network is switching much of it around.
Spike TV has confirmed that its series version of "Blade" will not be renewed for a second season due to a drastic fall-off in ratings (2.5 million for the premiere vs. 0.9 million for the finale).
Sci Fi Channel is reportedly close to renewing the Summer series "Eureka" about a quirky Pacific Northwest town populated by geniuses. The show has averaged 2.76 million viewers a week.
