Ratings: Strong Bones, Lights and Knights Prosper

This Wednesday's ratings notes:• With an audience of 12.56 million total viewers, Bones enjoyed its best outing in a year and its second-largest audience ever.• Friday Night Lights (6.86 million) soared almost a mil, delivering its best numbers since the series' Oct. 3 premiere. (PS. Did you see the Ausiello Report's latest casting scooplet?)• ABC seems to have solved its comedy conundrum: Despite a loss of 1.7 million viewers when compared to According to Jim, The Knights of Prosperity (5.25 million) boosted its previous tally by a mil, and the 8 o'clock block was up a hair overall. The 9 pm combo of Jim (5.75 mil, down 400K) and In Case of Emergency (4.57 mil, up 1.6 mil thanks to a stronger lead-in) was up two million overall.• Beauty and the Geek (4.08 million) was up a mil. (Because someone will ask.)• American Idol (31.45 million) dominated at 9, yet slipped two mil week-to-week (and that's versus a Criminal Minds repeat).• A warmed-over CSI: NY (...