Rankings: Touch Posts Second-Greatest Drama Debut of year

Kiefer Sutherland They are able to obsess about these amounts on Touch: Wednesday night's preview from the series that starts March 19 drawn within the second-greatest audience associated with a prime-time premiere this year. It had been second simply to ABC's Not so long ago, which reeled in 12.79 million audiences along with a 4. rating among industry-valued 18-to-49-year-olds on March. 23, and Kiefer Sutherland's TV comeback surpassed the debut of two other ballyhooed Fox shows this year, Alcatraz (9.97 million/3.3 on Jan. 16) and Terra Nova (9 million/3.1 on Sept. 26), based on preliminary Nielsen figures. Obviously, Touch had the advantage of following The American Idol Show, that was the night's most-viewed show undoubtedly (despite its relatively lagging amounts), and stored 61 percent of their lead-in's viewership. Read our The American Idol Show recap In prime time's final hour, the departure of Marg Helgenberger's Catherine from CSI: Crime Scene Analysis gave the show an uptick of nearly 20 % in comparison with a week ago. Browse the relaxation from the day's news on TVGuide.com 8 p.m.CBS: Criminal Minds [rerun] 7.91 million audiences (1.7 demo rating)ABC: The Center [rerun] 5.26 million (1.5) Suburgatory [rerun] 4.21 million (1.4)Fox: The American Idol Show 19.51 million (6.4)NBC: Whitney 4.50 million (1.4) Are You Currently There, Chelsea? 3.90 million (1.4)CW: One Tree Hill 1.47 million (.7) 9 p.m.CBS: Criminal Minds 13.70 million audiences (3.6 demo rating)ABC: Modern Family [rerun] 6.49 million (2.5) Happy Being [rerun] 4.02 million (1.7)Fox: Touch 11.87 million (3.9)NBC: Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit [rerun] 3.75 million (1.2)CW: Renovated [rerun] 659,000 (.3) 10 p.m.CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Analysis 14.03 million audiences (3.3 demo rating)ABC: Revenge [rerun] 3.12 million (.9)NBC: Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit [rerun] 4.01 million (1.4)