We’ve got some early ratings from last night’s premiere, though they’re just for the New York area, they will hopefully be fairly representative of the rest of the country. Keep in mind that this may change when the real ratings are announced, but this is what we heard: Clerks drew a 7.5 share last night, just a slight drop off from Drew Carey‘s 10.9 lead-in. The Knicks had a 20.4 share though, but again, considering they’re a New York team, this may have taken a lot of potential Clerks viewers away. Clerks also beat the post-Survivor competition from CBS, that “Species” flick. So that’s cool. By the way, Survivor was a way cool show. Worth checking out next week for sure. It’s a bit overdramatic at times, a “Road Rules” wannabe for sure, but it’s good television.

Anyway, take this with a grain of salt due to it just being New York. Still, that’s not too bad, actually it’s quite promising.