"FlashForward," airs Thursday nights (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/RON TOM) JOHN CHO, JOSEPH FIENNES.

It was yet another good night for CBS.  The net was again top dog in the ratings race.

How’d they do it?  Hit shows like Survivor: Samoa, CSI and The Mentalist handed them top honors in every hour of the night.

At 8:00 p.m. CBS‘ Survivor: Samoa landed 11.7 million viewers overall, while Fox hovered at 9.9 mil for its hit show, Bones.  ABC’s freshman sci-fi, thriller, Flashforward averaged 9 million and NBC’s comedy block pairing of Community and Parks and Recreation gathered up 5.1 and 4.9 million respectively.  CW has sunken its teeth into a genuine hit with their series The Vampire Diaries.  The show averaged a healthy 3.5 million viewers.

During the 9:00 p.m. hour, the CBS procedural CSI showed significant numbers, 14.6 mil, while ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy continues to match those ratings with only a small dip to 13.7 million viewers.  NBC’s double dose of The Office proved to be a smart call with 9.1 mil overall.  Fox’s sci-fi hit, Fringe did a modest 6 million viewers while CW’s sci-fi companion show, Supernatual did OK considering the competition with an average of 2.4 million.

At 10:00 p.m. CBS’s The Mentalist grabbed 14.1 million eyes, ABC’s Private Practice did a solid 9.5 million and NBC’s alternative to scripted TV, The Jay Leno Show, averaged 4.8 million viewers.