Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending April 10, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 29th 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, April 4, 1988
Kate & Allie	CBS	18.8	13.7	24
Fortunate Pilgrim, Part 2	NBC	15.9	13.0	21
MacGyver	ABC	17.0	12.6	21
Designing Women	CBS	19.0	14.9	25
NCAA Championship	CBS	23.8	18.8	30
Best Friends	ABC	16.7	14.5	22
Tuesday, April 5, 1988
Who's the Boss?	ABC	23.1	17.2	30
Matlock	NBC	20.4	16.1	27
Pee-wee's Big Adventure	CBS	13.3	10.0	16
The Wonder Years	ABC	23.8	17.1	28
In the Heat of the Night	NBC	22.2	16.5	26
Moonlighting	ABC	16.7	13.9	22
thirtysomething	ABC	15.5	12.7	22
Crime Story	NBC	16.7	12.2	21
Cagney & Lacey	CBS	14.6	12.1	21
Wednesday, April 6, 1988
Growing Pains	ABC	21.4	16.6	29
Aaron's Way	NBC	20.4	14.1	24
Smothers Brothers	CBS	14.4	10.5	18
Head of the Class	ABC	21.0	16.0	27
Jake and the Fatman	CBS	16.8	14.8	24
Hooperman	ABC	17.8	14.6	24
A Year in the Life	NBC	18.6	12.4	20
Just in Time	ABC	14.1	12.4	20
The Equalizer	CBS	16.4	14.2	24
HeartBeat	ABC	13.7	12.3	22
The Bronx Zoo	NBC	11.3	9.4	17
Thursday, April 7, 1988
The Cosby Show	NBC	30.2	23.2	40
48 Hours	CBS	12.3	9.2	16
Probe	ABC	9.3	7.3	13
My Two Dads	NBC	27.1	20.7	35
Cheers	NBC	26.2	20.2	33
Simon & Simon	CBS	15.9	13.7	22
Hotel	ABC	7.6	7.1	12
Molly Dodd	NBC	18.6	14.6	24
Knots Landing	CBS	20.2	16.7	28
L.A. Law	NBC	16.3	14.2	24
Buck James	ABC	8.0	8.8	15
Friday, April 8, 1988
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	16.2	12.7	23
Perfect Strangers	ABC	13.8	11.5	22
Highwayman	NBC	12.3	8.0	15
Full House	ABC	15.6	11.9	21
Dallas	CBS	19.6	16.2	28
Night Court	NBC	18.1	10.7	19
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	12.5	10.4	18
Family Man	ABC	12.6	9.0	16
Beverly Hills Buntz	NBC	12.7	9.0	16
Falcon Crest	CBS	16.2	13.1	24
20/20	ABC	16.9	11.9	22
Miami Vice	NBC	13.5	10.7	19
Saturday, April 9, 1988
227	NBC	15.3	11.3	23
Dolly	ABC	13.9	9.1	18
High Mountain Rangers	CBS	11.7	8.9	17
Mama's Boy	NBC	15.2	11.4	22
The Golden Girls	NBC	28.8	19.1	35
Tour of Duty	CBS	11.5	9.5	17
Ohara	ABC	12.0	7.0	13
Amen	NBC	25.0	16.7	31
Hunter	NBC	20.9	13.8	27
For Hire	ABC	12.2	10.0	20
West 57th	CBS	10.7	8.2	16
Sunday, April 10, 1988
Our House	NBC	13.3	8.5	16
Supercarrier	ABC	8.9	7.0	13
60 Minutes	CBS	25.8	18.5	34
Family Ties	NBC	22.7	14.3	23
From Russia With Love	ABC	13.5	9.6	15
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	29.0	21.8	34
Day by Day	NBC	22.3	15.0	23
Scandal in a Small Town	NBC	25.1	20.0	31
Red River	CBS	24.5	18.4	29
Plague	ABC	12.2	10.5	17

Source: USA Today