1989-90 Top-Rated TV Shows

RANK SHOW NETWORK

ESTIMATED AUDIENCE

1. The Cosby Show

NBC

21,275,100

2. Roseanne ABC 21,275,100
3. Cheers NBC 20,906,700
4. A Different World NBC 19,433,100
5. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 19,248,900

6.

The Golden Girls NBC 18,512,100

7.

60 Minutes CBS 18,143,700

8.

The Wonder Years ABC 17,683,200

9.

Empty Nest NBC 17,406,900

10.

Monday Night Football ABC 16,670,100

11.

Unsolved Mysteries NBC 16,578,000

12.

Who's the Boss? ABC 16,485,900
13. Murder, She Wrote CBS 16,301,700
14. Chicken Soup ABC 16,301,700
15. Grand NBC 16,209,600
16. L.A. Law NBC 16,025,400
17. Dear John NBC 15,749,100
18. Coach ABC 15,657,000
19. In the Heat of the Night NBC 15,564,900

20.

Matlock NBC 15,288,600

21.

Growing Pains ABC 14,183,400

22.

Full House ABC 14,091,300

23.

Designing Women CBS 14,091,300

24.

CBS Sunday Night Movie CBS 13,722,900

25.

Hunter NBC 13,722,900

26.

Head of the Class ABC 13,630,800

27.

Murphy Brown CBS 13,538,700

28.

The Simpsons FOX 13,354,500

29.

Night Court NBC 13,354,500

30.

Doogie Howser, M.D. ABC 13,354,500

Households with TV: 92,100,000