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Ratings information comes from the A.C. Nielsen Co. A ratings point represents 904,000 TV households; shares are the percentage of sets in use; number of viewers is in millions. A (#) indicates a Nielsen ratings tie; (r), repeat episode; (s), special broadcast.
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Ratings information comes from the A.C. Nielsen Co. A ratings point represents 904,000 TV households; shares are the percentage of sets in use; number of viewers is in millions. A (#) indicates a Nielsen ratings tie; (r), repeat episode; (s), special broadcast. Top 10 1 The Rescue of Jessica McClure (ABC) 2 Roseanne (ABC) 3 The Cosby Show (NBC) 4 Cheers (NBC) 5 The Wonder Years (ABC) # L.A. Law (NBC) 7 Knots Landing (CBS) 8 Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 9 60 Minutes (CBS) 10 Roe vs. Wade (NBC) Bottom 5 72 Dream Street (NBC) # Cops (Fox) # Under Fire: The Real
Story (ABC) 75 Tracey Ullman Hour (Fox) 76 The Reporters (Fox) 77 Beyond Tomorrow (Fox) 78 Duet (Fox) Network ratings For the week:
NBC ... 13.3
CBS ... 12.0
ABC ... 11.6 Season to date:
NBC ... 15.7
ABC ... 12.7
CBS ... 12.5 Evening news For the week:
ABC ... 9.4
CBS ... 9.2
NBC ... 8.2 Last week:
ABC ... 10.2
CBS ... 9.4
NBC ... 9.0
Viewers Rating Share Rank Monday, May 15, 1989 8:00 MacGyver (ABC) 19.0 13.2 22 25
| ALF (NBC) (r) 19.2 12.7 21 #29 |
| Ringling Bros. Circus (CBS) (s) 15.5 10.9 18 #41 |
| The Fly (Fox) 11.2 7.7 12 62 |
| 9:00 Roe vs. Wade (NBC) 23.2 17.0 27 10 |
| Murphy Brown (CBS) 17.2 12.4 19 36 |
| B.L. Stryker (ABC) 16.7 12.2 20 38 |
| 9:30 Designing Women (CBS) 17.2 12.7 19 #29 |
| 10:00 Newhart (CBS) 16.9 12.6 20 33 |
| 10:30 Kate & Allie (CBS) 14.2 10.9 19 #41 |
| Tuesday, May 16, 1989 |
| 8:00 Who's the Boss? (ABC) 24.9 16.8 29 11 |
| Matlock (NBC) 22.7 16.7 28 12 |
| Tour of Duty (CBS) 12.2 8.5 14 56 |
| 8:30 The Wonder Years (ABC) 27.4 18.4 29 #5 |
| 9:00 Roseanne (ABC) (r) 32.1 21.6 33 2 |
| In the Heat of the Night (NBC) 23.1 16.2 25 #14 |
| Trouble in Paradise (CBS) 14.0 10.9 18 #41 |
| 9:30 Have Faith (ABC) 21.4 15.5 24 17 |
| 10:00 thirtysomething (ABC) 16.3 12.5 21 #34 |
| Midnight Caller (NBC) (r) 16.0 11.8 20 39 |
| Wednesday, May 17, 1989 |
| 8:00 Unsolved Mysteries (NBC) (r) 21.4 14.8 27 20 |
| Growing Pains (ABC) (r) 18.2 12.9 24 26 |
| Candid Camera (CBS) 12.2 8.8 16 54 |
| 8:30 Head of the Class (ABC) (r) 18.0 12.7 23 #29 |
| 9:00 Night Court (NBC) (r) 21.5 15.1 25 19 |
| Jake and the Fatman (CBS) 19.7 13.9 23 23 |
| Coach (ABC) 13.4 9.7 16 51 |
| 9:30 Robert Guillaume Show (ABC) 10.3 7.9 13 #59 |
| 10:00 Wiseguy (CBS) 17.0 12.5 22 #34 |
| Quantum Leap (NBC) 14.6 10.5 19 #48 |
| China Beach (ABC) (r) 11.6 8.7 15 55 |
| Thursday, May 18, 1989 |
| 8:00 The Cosby Show (NBC) (r) 29.9 20.2 37 3 |
| 48 Hours (CBS) 10.8 8.2 15 57 |
| The Parent Trap (ABC) (r) 11.3 7.8 13 61 |
| 9:00 Cheers (NBC) (r) 26.7 18.9 31 4 |
| Knots Landing (CBS) 25.0 18.0 30 7 |
| 9:30 Dear John (NBC) (r) 21.6 15.8 25 16 |
| 10:00 L.A. Law (NBC) 25.8 18.4 31 #5 |
| ABC News Special 10.1 7.3 12 #66 |
| Friday, May 19, 1989 |
| 8:00 Perfect Strangers (ABC) (r) 15.6 10.7 23 46 |
| Beauty and the Beast (CBS) 12.8 9.4 19 53 |
| Protocol (NBC) (r) 10.4 7.5 14 64 |
| 8:30 Full House (ABC) (r) 18.3 12.3 24 37 |
| 9:00 Dallas (CBS) 19.6 14.1 26 22 |
| Mr. Belvedere (ABC) (r) 16.0 10.8 20 45 |
| 9:25 CBS News Special Report 18.4 13.5 26 24 |
| 9:30 Just the Ten of Us (ABC) (r) 14.8 10.0 18 50 |
| 10:00 20/20 (ABC) 17.6 12.8 24 #27 |
| Dream Street (NBC) 6.9 4.9 9 #72 |
| 10:15 Falcon Crest (CBS) 17.1 12.7 25 #29 |
| Saturday, May 20, 1989 |
| 8:00 227 (NBC) (r) 13.0 9.5 21 52 |
| Paradise (CBS) 11.6 7.6 16 63 |
| Mission: Impossible (ABC) (r) 9.0 6.3 13 71 |
| The Reporters (Fox) 5.0 3.5 7 76 |
| 8:30 One of the Boys (NBC) 14.7 10.5 21 #48 |
| 9:00 The Golden Girls (NBC) (r) 23.4 16.6 32 13 |
| Jesse Hawkes (CBS) 12.4 7.9 15 #59 |
| North, South II, Pt. 2 (ABC) (r) 9.2 6.5 13 70 |
| Cops (Fox) 7.1 4.9 9 #72 |
| 9:30 Empty Nest (NBC) (r) 23.2 16.2 31 #14 |
| Beyond Tomorrow (Fox) (r) 4.7 3.2 6 77 |
| 10:00 Kenny, Dolly & Willie (NBC) 23.4 15.4 30 18 |
| West 57th (CBS) 9.8 7.4 14 65 |
| Sunday, May 21, 1989 |
| 7:00 60 Minutes (CBS) 23.0 17.2 35 9 |
| World of Disney (NBC) (r) 10.5 6.6 13 #68 |
| 21 Jump Street (Fox) 9.3 6.6 13 #68 |
| Under Fire: Real Story (ABC)(s) 6.8 4.9 10 #72 |
| 8:00 Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 25.0 17.6 30 8 |
| Roseanne (ABC) (s) (r) 18.3 11.7 21 40 |
| America's Most Wanted (Fox) 12.9 8.1 14 58 |
| Hunter (NBC) (s) 10.7 7.3 12 #66 |
| 8:30 The Wonder Years (ABC) (s) (r) 17.5 10.9 18 #41 |
| Married ... With Children (Fox) 17.5 10.6 17 47 |
| 9:00 Rescue of Jessica McClure (ABC) 37.6 22.9 36 1 |
| Miami Vice (NBC) (s) 22.2 14.7 23 21 |
| Murder Takes All (CBS) 18.0 12.8 20 #27 |
| Tracey Ullman Hour (Fox) (s) 6.8 4.6 7 75 |
| 10:00 Duet (Fox) (r) 4.1 3.1 5 78 |
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