Sorry, folks - no quippy headline today ("Bad Locke for Lost"?). Just the numbers: * 8 pm/ET American Idol averaged 24.25 million total viewers over its two-hour run, dipping just three percent from last week's Tuesday sing-off. A special o more

Wednesday's ratings recap: * 8 pm/ET FOX 's Lie to Me wore its new time slot well, topping the hour with 11.12 million total viewers - a 9 percent increase over its most recent, apres-Idol audience. CBS' sitcombo placed second, with both Ol more

Wednesday's ratings roundup: * 8 pm/ET A "special" two-hour edition of American Idol averaged 24.6 million total viewers, dropping 1.6 mil week-to-week. CBS' sitcombo of Old Christine (7.06 mil, down 380K) and Gary Unmarried (6.86 mil, more

Wednesday's ratings recap: * 8 pm/ET American Idol 's Motown Week kick-off averaged 25.6 million total viewers over its two-hour run, up 19 percent from last week's (Tuesday) sing-off and a 3 percent increase from the comparable night a yea more

When Valerie Palmer, a Pan Atlantic air hostess turns up dead, Annie volunteers for a dangerous undercover mission, posing as the murdered woman to help solve the second in a possible series of brutal homicides. Annie, Sam and Ray, working one of Valerie& more

* Pedro (8 pm/ET MTV ) No Real World alum has had a more lasting impact than San Francisco cast member Pedro Zamora (1972-94), one of the first openly gay HIV-positive men to appear on national television. After being diagnosed with the disease at age 17, more

ABC's fall series Life on Mars continues to cast, now with Gretchen Mol in "final negotiations to play Annie, a possible love interest for leading man Jason O'Mara." This should be official later today or tomorrow. Read more: Exclusive more

Life on Mars started off with buzz that it was a terrible remake of a far superior BBC show, but a reshoot here and a glowing endorsement there and it turns out we might have Fall's best new show (not that there's all that much competition). May more