Nielsens: It takes 'Talent' to get to the top

Wednesday's "America's Got Talent" edged out a rerun of "NCIS" to become the most-watched program for the week ending Aug. 1, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Here are the top 10 programs, ranked in millions of viewers:

1. America's Got Talent (Wed.), NBC, 9.76 million

2. NCIS, CBS, 9.73 (repeat)

3. America's Got Talent (Tues.), NBC, 9.6

4. The Bachelorette, ABC, 8.8

5. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.4 (repeat)

6. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8.3 (repeat)

7. 60 Minutes, CBS, 7.9 (repeat)

8. The Mentalist, CBS, 7.4 (repeat)

9. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 7.2 (repeat)

10. Big Brother 12 (Sun.), CBS, 7.1