NEW YORK (Sept. 9) - With most scripted series still in repeats and few new fall series unveiled yet, pro football drew the biggest audiences.

NBC's "Sunday Night Football" clash between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts was the week's most-watched prime-time program; that network's special Thursday telecast of the Washington Redskins vs. the New York Giants placed second.

Those programs, along with "Deal or No Deal" and two editions of "America's Got Talent," helped NBC to a decisive prime-time win overall.

Fox's crime drama "Bones" claimed 10th place with its season premiere.

One of the most anticipated new arrivals, "90210," logged 60th place in its debut, but its 4.7 million viewers represented a robust crowd for the CW network, and suggested a bright future for the new class at West Beverly Hills High School.

For the week, NBC averaged 9.2 million viewers (5.8 household rating, 10 share), followed by runner-up Fox with 7.2 million (4.4 rating, 7 share), according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday.

CBS averaged 5.3 million viewers (3.5 rating, 6 share), while ABC had 4.1 million viewers (2.8 rating, 5 share).

CW averaged 3.1 million viewers, about twice its audience the week before (with a 2.1 rating, 3 share), My Network TV had 1.2 million viewers (0.8 rating, 1 share) and ION 390,000 viewers (0.3 rating, 0 share).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision averaged 4.2 million viewers (2.0 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 1.0 million viewers (0.6 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura 590,000 viewers (0.3 rating, 1 share), and Azteca 120,000 viewers (0.1 rating, 0 share).

In the evening news competition, NBC's "Nightly News" held its No. 1 position for the week of the 2008 Republican National Convention, averaging 8.2 million viewers (5.7 rating, 12 share), while ABC's "World News" had 7.7 million viewers (5.4 rating, 11 share) and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.5 million viewers (3.8 rating, 8 share).

On cable, Fox News Channel tapped national interest in the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, with the most-watched documentary in the network's history. Airing Saturday night, "Governor Palin: An American Woman" was seen by 2.7 million viewers.

A ratings point represents 1,128,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 112.8 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of Sept. 1-7, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Sunday Night Football": Chicago at Indianapolis, NBC, 18.35 million; "NBC NFL Special": Washington at New York Giants, NBC, 13.53 million; "Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick Show," NBC, 13.34 million; "Fox NFL Sunday Post-Game Show," Fox, 12.91 million; "Deal or No Deal," NBC, 10.96 million; "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 10.77 million; "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 10.25 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.08 million; "Football Night America," NBC, 10.03 million; "Bones," Fox, 9.74 million.