Much to its relief, HBO has finally discovered that there's life after "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City."

The pay cable network, which has struggled to replace those signature series, had a strong week with some new hits. The vampire series "True Blood," in its second season, had a series high of 3.9 million viewers on Sunday. Add in on-demand viewing, DVR viewing and extra showings, and the average series episode is being seen by 10.8 million viewers this season, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Only three broadcast shows the week of July 6-12 -- two airings of "America's Got Talent" on NBC and a "NCIS" rerun on CBS -- got more than 10 million viewers.

For the week, network averages were: CBS, 6.5 million viewers (4.3 rating, 8 share); NBC, 4.8 million (3.1, 6); Fox, 4.4 million (2.7, 5); ABC, 4.3 million (2.9, 5); My Network, 1.5 million (0.9, 2); CW, 880,000 (0.6, 1); ION, 600,000 (0.4, 1).

In the evening news race: NBC "Nightly News," 7.8 million (5.2, 11); ABC "World News," 7 million (4.7, 10); "CBS Evening News," 5.3 million (3.7, 8).

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1 America's Got Talent (Wednesday) (NBC)

2 NCIS (CBS)

3 America's Got Talent (Tuesday) (NBC)

4 Two and a Half Men (CBS)

5 The Mentalist (Tuesday) (CBS)

6 60 Minutes (CBS)

7 CSI: Miami (CBS)

8 Primetime: Family Secrets (ABC)

9 The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

10 The Mentalist (Tuesday) (CBS)

11 Wipeout (ABC)

12 So You Think You Can Dance (Thursday) (Fox)

13 The Bachelorette (ABC)

14 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)

15 So You Think You Can Dance (Wednesday) (Fox)

16 CSI: NY (CBS)

17 Criminal Minds (CBS)

18 Big Brother (Thursday) (CBS)

19 America's Got Talent (Wednesday) (NBC)

20 Dateline (NBC)