Last night’s preseason game between the Washington Redskins and the Indianapolis Colts brought much needed attention back to NBC. Thanks to the upcoming Olympics, Sunday night probably won’t be the last time the network is victorious due to sports-related programming.

8pm

• Sunday Night Football (2.4/7 in 18-49) hit the field with 7.2 million.
• Big Brother 10 (6.7 million, 2.3/7) grew by 700,000.
• The Simpsons* (4.6 million, 2.0/6) was slightly up from last week.
• High School Musical: Get in the Picture (3 million, 0.9/3) had 100,000 skip class.
• Everybody Hates Chris* (820,000, 0.4/1) was down 107,000; Aliens in America* (840,000, 0.4/1) only lost 19,000.

9pm

• Family Guy* (5.5 million, 2.5/7 in 18-49) had the night’s best demos; American Dad* (4.9 million, 2.2/6) improved by a 1/2 million.
• Million Dollar Password* (1.3/3) had 5.3 million playing along.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (4.5 million, 1.6/4) sawed off 400,000.
• The Game* and Girlfriends* turned out similar numbers (1.1 million, 0.4/1).

10pm

• Cold Case* (1.3/4 in 18-49) pulled in 5.6 million.
• Desperate Housewives* (3.3 million, 1.1/3) added on another 200,000.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Sunday’s ratings here.)