Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending February 21, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 22nd week of the 1987-88 television broadcast season. The chart below includes viewership and household (HH) ratings for every broadcast program that aired during the week with reruns included. Note that the HH ratings & shares come from Nielsen, but for this TV season only (until the w/e July 31, 1988), the viewership figures come from a different company called AGB Television Research, not Nielsen.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)	HH Rating	HH Share
Monday, February 15, 1988
ALF	NBC	31.3	18.6	27
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	26.1	18.1	27
Kate & Allie	CBS	18.7	14.5	21
Valerie's Family	NBC	25.3	15.6	22
Designing Women	CBS	19.3	15.3	22
Newhart	CBS	21.5	16.8	24
Return of Desperado	NBC	20.2	16.0	24
Frank's Place	CBS	16.0	13.2	19
Wiseguy	CBS	12.4	11.4	19
Tuesday, February 16, 1988
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	33.7	25.5	39
Matlock	NBC	26.7	18.3	27
48 Hours	CBS	5.4	5.1	8
Hunter	NBC	20.0	13.5	20
Jake and the Fatman	CBS	11.8	9.6	14
Cagney & Lacey	CBS	16.3	11.9	19
Primary Report	NBC	6.6	5.4	9
Wednesday, February 17, 1988
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	24.4	19.3	30
Highway to Heaven	NBC	22.8	16.8	26
Clown College Party	CBS	11.6	8.8	14
Magnum, P.I.	CBS	16.6	12.4	19
A Year in the Life	NBC	14.2	12.0	18
St. Elsewhere	NBC	15.6	13.0	21
The Equalizer	CBS	14.7	11.9	19
Thursday, February 18, 1988
The Cosby Show	NBC	32.2	23.6	35
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	24.3	18.9	28
Tour of Duty	CBS	15.4	11.9	17
A Different World	NBC	29.6	20.3	30
Cheers	NBC	27.5	19.4	28
Simon & Simon	CBS	15.7	12.6	18
Night Court	NBC	23.7	18.3	27
L.A. Law	NBC	17.1	17.2	27
Knots Landing	CBS	18.8	15.5	24
Friday, February 19, 1988
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	20.4	15.1	25
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	21.5	15.0	24
DTV Doggone Hits	NBC	18.9	11.9	19
Dallas	CBS	21.3	17.1	27
Miami Vice	NBC	18.0	13.6	21
Falcon Crest	CBS	17.8	14.5	25
Sonny Spoon	NBC	15.3	11.3	19
Saturday, February 20, 1988
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	30.2	21.3	36
The Facts of Life	NBC	19.1	13.0	22
High Mountain Rangers	CBS	15.1	10.2	17
227	NBC	21.5	14.2	23
The Golden Girls	NBC	27.3	18.0	28
Houston Knights	CBS	13.7	9.3	15
Amen	NBC	23.3	14.0	22
J.J. Starbuck	NBC	19.1	12.8	22
West 57th	CBS	9.5	6.2	11
Sunday, February 21, 1988
60 Minutes	CBS	25.4	20.2	32
Winter Olympic Games	ABC	22.9	17.1	26
Our House	NBC	20.6	12.0	19
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	26.2	19.1	27
Family Ties	NBC	31.7	18.6	27
My Two Dads	NBC	28.6	17.0	24
Noble House, Part 1	NBC	22.3	17.9	27
Dobie Gillis	CBS	23.0	15.0	23

Source: USA Today