* “Fringe” rebounded despite simultaneous gains made also by brutal timeslot competition “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Office” and “CSI.” (Last year the sci-fi drama came back stronger as the Big Three 9 p.m. shows went into repeats; perhaps it will again.)
How it compares to the other Fox shows:
18-49 (prior Thursdays in parentheses; repeats in gray):
5.0 (4.6) (1.9) (4.9) (2.1) (4.7) (4.6) (5.9) (5.6) (1.7) Glee
4.0 (3.7) (----) (1.4) (3.6) (3.6) (4.0) (3.8) (4.2) (1.2) House
3.9 (3.7) (----) (1.7) (----) (3.0) (4.2) (3.7) (2.2) (2.9) The Simpsons
3.4 (3.8) (----) (2.0) (----) (3.4) (4.0) (4.5) (2.4) (2.1) Family Guy
3.1 (3.0) (----) (1.2) (----) (2.6) (3.1) (3.1) (----) (1.9) Cleveland Show
2.7 (2.6) (2.5) (----) (----) (2.6) (2.7) (2.5) (2.7) (----) Bones
2.7 (2.5) (----) (2.4) (1.6) (2.5) (2.5) (3.1) (3.1) (----) Raising Hope
2.6 (2.7) (1.4) (----) (----) (3.1) (3.0) (2.9) (2.9) (----) Hell’s Kitchen
2.5 (2.9) (----) (1.7) (----) (2.5) (3.0) (----) (----) (----) American Dad
1.9 (1.7) (1.8) (----) (----) (2.0) (2.0) (1.9) (2.1) (0.7) Fringe
1.9 (1.8) (----) (1.6) (1.9) (1.9) (2.1) (----) (----) (1.6) Lie To Me
1.8 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Human Target
---- (1.3) (----) (----) (1.1) (1.4) (1.7) (1.9) (2.4) (----) Running Wilde
0.7 (0.8) (0.7) (0.6) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) (0.5) The Good Guys
* Most series were up Thursday night, but “Community” and “30 Rock” slipped and “The Apprentice” hit a new season (and series?) low.
* After losing to “Private Practice” for the prior two weeks, “Mentalist” put itself back at first place at 10 p.m. “Practice” apparently got the bump from an episode about a sexual assault. Maybe they should do that every week; it seems to work for “SVU.”