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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 887,000 TV households; shares are the percentage of sets in use; the rank is the overall placement for the week.
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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 887,000 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 Special (NBC) |
| 3 The Cosby Show (NBC) |
4 Cheers (NBC)
5 Night Court (NBC)
6 Golden Girls (NBC)
7 Growing Pains (ABC)
8 Private Eye (NBC)
9 Who's the Boss? (ABC)
10 Moonlighting (ABC)
# L.A. Law (NBC)
Bottom 5
66 CBS Reports (CBS)
67 The Pope in America (ABC)
68 Simon & Simon (CBS)
69 The Charmings (ABC)
70 The Ellen Burstyn Show (ABC)
Network ratings
For the week:
| NBC 15.2 |
| CBS 10.1 |
| ABC 9.6 |
| Season to date: |
| NBC 15.8 |
| CBS 13.9 |
| ABC 12.5 |
| Evening news |
For the week:
| NBC 9.8 |
| ABC 8.9 |
| CBS 8.8 |
| Last week: |
| CBS 9.6 |
| ABC 9.2 |
| NBC 9.2 |
| Monday, September 7, 1987 |
| 8:00 ALF (NBC) (r) 14.6 26 |
| #20 |
| Kate & Allie (CBS) (r) 11.4 20 36 |
| College Football: USC at MSU (ABC) 8.6 15 |
| #52 |
| 8:30 Valerie (NBC) (r) 16.3 28 15 |
| My Sister Sam (CBS) (r) 10.4 18 |
| #39 |
| 9:00 Newhart (CBS) (r) 16.1 26 16 |
| A Year in the Life, Part 3 (NBC) (r) 12.7 22 28 |
| 9:30 Designing Women (CBS) (r) 16.7 27 13 |
| 10:00 Cagney & Lacey (CBS) (r) 11.7 21 |
#33
Tuesday, September 8, 1987
| 8:00 Who's the Boss? (ABC) (r) 17.9 31 9 |
| Matlock (NBC) (r) 14.9 25 18 |
| Simon & Simon (CBS) (r) 4.9 8 68 |
| 8:30 Growing Pains (ABC) (r) 19.1 31 7 |
| 9:00 Moonlighting (ABC) (r) 17.6 29 |
| #10 |
| Houston Knights (CBS) (r) 10.9 18 38 |
| Movie: Beyond the Limit (NBC) 10.2 18 41 |
| 10:00 Night Heat (CBS) 11.2 21 37 |
| The Constitution: We Live it Every |
| Day (ABC) 8.6 16 |
#52
Wednesday, September 9, 1987
| 8:00 Perfect Strangers (ABC) (r) 13.4 24 #25 |
| Highway to Heaven (NBC) (r) 11.9 21 31 |
| The New Mike Hammer (CBS) (r) 8.0 14 54 |
| 8:30 Head of the Class (ABC) (r) 13.5 23 24 |
| 9:00 Magnum, P.I. (CBS) (r) 14.1 24 |
| #22 |
| MacGyver (ABC) (r) 12.6 21 29 |
| Bronx Zoo (NBC) (r) 8.8 15 |
| #49 |
| 10:00 The Equalizer (CBS) (r) 14.1 27 |
| #22 |
| St. Elsewhere (NBC) (r) 9.4 18 44 |
| Hotel (ABC) (r) 5.8 14 63 |
| Thursday, September 10, 1987 |
| 8:00 The Cosby Show (NBC) (r) 24.7 43 3 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King (CBS) (r) 7.9 13 55 |
| Sledge Hammer! (ABC) (r) 6.5 11 60 |
| 8:30 The Cosby Show Special (NBC) (r) (s 27.3 46 2 |
| The Charmings (ABC) (r) 4.8 8 69 |
| 9:00 Cheers (NBC) (r) 24.1 41 4 |
| Catholics in America (CBS) 5.6 9 64 |
| The Pope in America (ABC) 5.1 9 67 |
| 9:30 Night Court (NBC) (r) 24.0 40 5 |
| 10:00 L.A. Law. (NBC) (r) 17.6 32 |
| #10 |
| 2020 (ABC) 12.3 23 30 |
| CBS Reports: The In-the-Red Blues 5.3 10 66 |
| Friday, September 11, 1987 |
| 8:00 ALF Loves a Mystery (NBC) (s) 10.4 21 |
| #39 |
| Webster (ABC) (r) 8.8 17 |
| #49 |
| Travelling Man (CBS) 5.5 11 65 |
| 8:30 Mr. Belvedere (ABC) (r) 10.0 19 42 |
| Amazing Stories (NBC) (r) 8.9 17 |
| #46 |
| 9:00 Miami Vice (NBC) (r) 11.7 22 |
| #33 |
| Dallas (CBS) (r) 8.8 17 |
| #49 |
| Max Headroom (ABC) (r) 6.7 13 59 |
| 10:00 Crime Story (NBC) (r) 9.8 19 43 |
| Adderly (CBS) 8.9 18 |
| #46 |
| Good Evening America (ABC) (s) 7.4 15 57 |
| Saturday, September 12, 1987 |
| 8:00 The Facts of Life (NBC) (r) 11.5 23 35 |
| College Football: Pre-Game (CBS) 7.5 16 56 |
| Animal Crackups (ABC) 6.1 12 |
| #61 |
| 8:10 College Football: Alabama at |
| Penn State (CBS) 8.9 18 |
| #46 |
| 8:30 227 (NBC) (r) 14.6 29 |
| #20 |
| The Ellen Burstyn Show (ABC) (r) 3.9 8 70 |
| 9:00 Golden Girls (NBC) (r) 19.4 36 6 |
| Hotel Special (ABC) (r) 7.3 14 58 |
| 9:30 Amen (NBC) (r) 16.6 31 14 |
| 10:00 Hunter (NBC) (r) 15.6 30 17 |
| Sunday, September 13, 1987 |
| 7:00 Our House (NBC) 17.0 30 12 |
| 60 Minutes (CBS) 14.7 27 19 |
| Disney Movie (ABC) (r) 6.1 11 |
| #61 |
| 8:00 Family Ties (NBC) 27.9 43 1 |
| Murder, She Wrote (CBS) (r) 13.2 21 27 |
| Spenser: For Hire (ABC) (r) 9.3 15 45 |
| 9:00 Private Eye (NBC) 19.0 32 8 |
| Movie: Bluffing It (ABC) 13.4 22 |
| #25 |
| Movie: Nobody's Child (CBS) (r) 11.8 19 32 |
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