'American Idol' Powers Fox to Another Thursday Win

9:23 AM PST 2/18/2011 by Marisa Guthrie

Justin Bieber couldn’t push "CSI" past "Grey’s Anatomy" or "Bones," while ABC and NBC hit season lows with original lineups.

American Idol powered Fox to another win last night with Idol pulling in a 7.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 21.9 million viewers overall at 8 p.m. That put the network way ahead of CBS comedies The Big Bang Theory (3.7, 12.4 million) and $#*! My Dad Says (2.6, 9.7 million), which combined for a 3.2 rating and 11.1 million viewers at 8 p.m.