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Check the night and time slots to see how your favorite shows are doing against their competitors. A ratings point represents 874,000 TV households; shares are the percentage of sets in use; the rank is the overall placement for the week. A (#) indicates a ratings tie, with two or more shows receiving the same ranking. An (r) indicates a repeat episode. An (s) indicates a special broadcast.
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Check the night and time slots to see how your favorite shows are doing against their competitors. A ratings point represents 874,000 TV households; shares are the percentage of sets in use; the rank is the overall placement for the week. A (#) indicates a ratings tie, with two or more shows receiving the same ranking. An (r) indicates a repeat episode. An (s) indicates a special broadcast.
Top 10
1 Family Ties (NBC)
2 The Cosby Show (NBC)
3 Cheers (NBC)
4 Growing Pains (ABC)
5 Why Me? (ABC)
6 Who's the Boss? (ABC)
# 60 Minutes (CBS)
8 Moonlighting (ABC)
9 Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
10 Days and Nights of
Molly Dodd (NBC)
Bottom 5
65 Dallas (CBS)
# The Charmings (CBS)
# Oh Heavenly Dog (ABC)
68 Animal Crack-Ups (ABC)
69 Ellen Burstyn Show (ABC)
Network ratings
For the week:
| NBC 11.7 |
| CBS 10.5 |
| SBC 10.0 |
| Season to date: |
| NBC 16.1 |
| CBS 14.2 |
| ABC 12.7 |
| Evening news |
For the week:
| ABC 9.3 |
| NBC 9.2 |
| CBS 9.0 |
| Last week: |
| NBC 9.8 |
| ABC 9.1 |
| CBS 9.0 |
| Monday, August 10, 1987 |
| 8:00 ALF (NBC) (r) 13.8 |
26
#14
| Kate & Allie (CBS) (r) 12.2 |
| 23 25 |
| Old Dogs (ABC) 9.9 |
| 19 40 |
| 8:30 Valerie (NBC) (r) 13.6 |
25
17
| My Sister Sam (CBS) (r) 10.5 |
| 19 37 |
| 9:00 Movie: Why Me? (ABC) (r) 17.4 |
31
#5
| Newhart (CBS) (r) 13.7 |
| 24 16 |
| Movie: Once Upon a Time in |
| America, Part 2 (NBC) (r) 9.5 |
| 17 43 |
| 9:30 Designing Women (CBS) (r) 13.3 |
23
#18
| 10:00 Cagney & Lacey (CBS) (r) 10.6 |
19
#34
Tuesday, August 11, 1987
| 8:00 Who's the Boss? (ABC) (r) 15.7 |
31
#6
| Baseball Pregame (NBC) 8.5 |
| 18 52 |
| Simon & Simon (CBS) (r) 8.4 |
| 16 #53 |
| 8:15 Baseball: Regional Games (NBC) 8.2 |
16
55
| 8:30 Growing Pains (ABC) (r) 17.9 |
34
4
| 9:00 Moonlighting (ABC) (r) 15.4 |
27
8
| Houston Knights (CBS) (r) 11.7 |
| 21 28 |
| 10:00 Spenser: For Hire (ABC) (r) 12.9 |
24
#21
| Night Heat (CBS) 12.7 |
| 24 #23 |
| Wednesday, August 12, 1987 |
| 8:00 Presidential Address (all networks) |
| 8:15 Perfect Strangers (ABC) (r) 9.8 |
19
41
| 8:30 The New Mike Hammer (CBS) (r) 9.3 |
17
45
| Highway to Heaven (NBC) (r) 8.8 |
| 16 #48 |
| 8:45 Head of the Class (ABC) (r) 12.9 |
24
#21
| 9:15 MacGyver (ABC) (r) 11.9 |
21
26
| 9:30 Night Court (NBC) (r) 11.6 |
21
29
| Magnum, P.I. (CBS) (r) 11.1 |
| 20 32 |
| 10:00 Slickers (NBC) 10.1 |
18
39
| 10:15 Hotel (ABC) (r) 9.7 |
20
42
| 10:30 The Equalizer (CBS) (r) 10.2 |
21
38
| St. Elsewhere (NBC) (r) 9.2 |
| 19 46 |
| Thursday, August 13, 1987 |
| 8:00 The Cosby Show (NBC) (r) 19.3 |
37
2
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King (CBS) (r) 7.5 |
| 14 58 |
| Sledge Hammer! (ABC) (r) 6.8 |
| 13 62 |
| 8:30 Family Ties (NBC) 20.3 |
37
1
| The Charmings (ABC) (r) 6.1 |
| 11 #65 |
| 9:00 Cheers (NBC) (r) 18.8 |
34
3
| Movie: Five Days One Summer (CBS) 8.4 |
| 15 #53 |
| Our World (ABC) (r) 6.6 |
| 12 63 |
| 9:30 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (NBC) 15.0 |
26
#10
| 10:00 L.A. Law. (NBC) (r) 14.0 |
26
13
| 2020 (ABC) 11.4 21 |
| 31 |
Friday, August 14, 1987
| 8:00 Webster (ABC) (r) 9.4 |
20
44
| Rags to Riches (NBC) (r) 8.7 |
| 18 50 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse: |
| Infiltration (CBS) 7.0 |
| 15 61 |
| 8:30 Mr. Belvedere (CBS) (r) 9.2 |
19
46
| 9:00 Miami Vice (NBC) (r) 15.0 |
29
#10
| Max Headroom (ABC) (r) 7.7 |
| 15 57 |
| Dallas (CBS) (r) 6.1 |
| 12 #65 |
| 10:00 Crime Story (NBC) (r) 11.8 |
24
27
| Starman (ABC) (r) 7.8 |
| 16 56 |
| Adderly (CBS) 7.4 |
| 15 59 |
| Saturday, August 15, 1987 |
| 8:00 Movie: Chase (CBS) (r) 10.6 |
22
#34
| The Facts of Life (NBC) (r) 10.6 |
| 24 #34 |
| Animal Crack-Ups (ABC) 5.9 |
| 13 68 |
| 8:30 227 (NBC) (r) 12.7 |
27
#23
| The Ellen Burstyn Show (ABC) 3.3 |
| 7 69 |
| 9:00 Golden Girls (NBC) (r) 14.1 |
28
12
Movie: Oh Heavenly
| Dog (ABC) (r) 6.1 |
| 12 #65 |
| 9:30 Amen (NBC) (r) 11.5 |
23
30
| 10:00 Hunter (NBC) (r) 13.8 |
28
#14
| West 57th (CBS) 8.9 |
| 18 47 |
| Sunday, August 16, 1987 |
| 7:00 60 Minutes (CBS) (r) 15.7 |
33
#6
| Our House (NBC) (r) 7.1 |
| 15 60 |
| Disney Movie (ABC) (r) 6.4 |
| 13 64 |
| 8:00 Murder, She Wrote (CBS) (r) 15.3 |
29
9
| Movie: Combat High (NBC) (r) 13.3 |
| 24 #18 |
| Movie: Lace, Part 1 (ABC) (r) 8.6 |
| 16 51 |
| 9:00 Movie: Malice in |
| Wonderland (ABC) (r) 13.0 |
| 23 20 |
| 10:00 David Letterman Special (NBC) (r) 10.8 |
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