'Lost' drops to 9.8 million

Lost hit a new series low last night, early viewing figures indicate.

The 9pm screening of the Locke-centric episode managed 9.79m for ABC, down from last week's instalment, which attracted 11.02m.

Also on the Alphabet network last night, a rerun of last week's Lost took 4.21m at 8pm, and 5.05m tuned in for The Forgotten at 10pm.

CBS's repeats performed as follows: NCIS grabbed 11.56m at 8pm, spinoff Los Angeles claimed 9.11m during the 9pm hour, and the 10pm screening of The Good Wife was seen by 7.82m.

Reruns of 90210 and Melrose Place interested 900k and 820k at 8pm and 9pm respectively for The CW.

Fox's two-hour American Idol beat NBC's Winter Olympics coverage, drawing 23.64m between 8pm and 10pm compared to the Peacock network's 19.74m across the same period. NBC's average for the Olympics, which aired between 8pm and 11pm, was 20.41m.