Take That, NBC, Glee Rules!

Payback's a plucky Avril Lavigne cover.

Fox's Glee outrated NBC's Law & Order: SVU among the demographically desirable, and outright outdrew everything else in the Peacock's Wednesday night lineup, preliminary Nielsen estimates show.

The jazz-hand jab came days after NBC pulled the plug on talks to feature the Glee cast in next month's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Fortunately, innocent-bystander SVU didn't suffer any karmic damage. Per usual, between it and Glee, SVU enjoyed the bigger overall audience. Both 9 p.m. shows hit season highs—7.5 million viewers for Glee; 8.8 million for SVU.

CBS' Criminal Minds was the night's most watched show. Which means Joe Mantegna probably won't be getting that invite to sing at NBC's parade, either.

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Sure, Glee makes us giddy. See what else to watch in our Fall TV guide.

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