Nielsen ratings
Prime-time viewership, in millions, compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week ending Aug. 1:
1. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 9.76
2. "NCIS," CBS, 9.73
3. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 9.69
4. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 8.87
5. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 8.4
6. "The Big Bang Theory," starring Jim Parsons, above, CBS, 8.32
7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.95
8. "The Mentalist," CBS, 7.43
9. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 7.21
10. "Big Brother 12" (Sunday), 7.11