Howie Mandel's Mobbed rose again last night (Wednesday), Nielsen overnight data reveals.
The 9pm reality series pulled in 8.8m (3.0) for Fox, posting a 900k increase on last week's impressive figure.
American Idol, meanwhile, held a strong audience of 18.9m (6.0) for the network in the 8pm hour, climbing 600k week-on-week.
Returning for new episodes after a three-week hiatus, The Middle (8.5m/2.6), Suburgatory (7.3m/2.5), Modern Family (12.9m/5.5), Happy Endings (6.9m/3.0) and Revenge (7.6m/2.5) performed solidly for ABC.
A CBS news special, Person to Person, interested just 6m (1.1). The weak lead-in did not help Criminal Minds (13.6m/3.4) and CSI (11.4m/2.7), which both lost viewers.
Meanwhile, Whitney (4.1m/1.5) and Are You There, Chelsea? (3.7m/1.5) were roughly steady, after which 5.3m (1.1) watched Rock Centre with Brian Williams, before the audience soared to 6.7m (2.4) for Law & Order: SVU.
Elsewhere, One Tree Hill (1.3m/0.7) and Remodeled (710k/0.4) aired on The CW.
