CBS Back On Top In Nielsen Ratings

NEW YORK (AP) - NBC may have talent, but CBS has virtually everything else that prime-time viewers are interested in these days.

The Nielsen Co.'s list of last week's top programs was led by the two showings of the NBC's "America's Got Talent" contest, as it has for much of the time it has been on the air this summer.

Sixteen of the next 18 shows on Nielsen's list were televised by CBS last week. They included three prime-time visits to the "Big Brother" household, version 13, and several reruns of crime dramas.

NBC did have an edge in reality show premieres last week, with "It's Worth What?" finishing just out of the top 10 at No. 11. CBS' "Same Name," with regular folks that have the same monikers as celebrities, was No. 33 in its first episode.

HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is showing strength, with Sunday's episode the most-watched edition of the comedy in more than seven years. "True Blood" also had a season high with 6.6 million viewers combined for its two Sunday showings, Nielsen said.

For the week, CBS averaged 6.3 million viewers in prime-time (4.1 rating, 7 share). NBC was second with 5 million (3.1, 6), ABC had 4.7 million (2.9, 5), Fox had 4 million (2.4, 4), ION Television had 1.1 million (0.7, 1) and the CW had 760,000 (0.5, 1).

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