Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending April 17, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 30th 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 11, 1988
Barbara Walters Special	ABC	26.5	21.1	35
ALF	NBC	22.9	15.5	25
European Vacation	CBS	14.4	10.2	16
Valerie's Family	NBC	19.9	13.4	21
60th Academy Awards	ABC	38.9	29.4	49
Dirty Dozen	NBC	11.4	9.7	15
Kenny Rogers Special	CBS	8.0	6.2	10
Tuesday, April 12, 1988
Who's the Boss?	ABC	24.4	18.2	31
Matlock	NBC	21.9	17.3	29
LaRouche Campaign	CBS	4.8	3.4	6
The Wonder Years	ABC	25.1	17.7	22
My Sister Sam	CBS	6.7	5.4	9
In the Heat of the Night	NBC	21.7	16.5	26
Moonlighting	ABC	17.6	14.4	23
Murphy's Romance	CBS	16.2	13.1	21
thirtysomething	ABC	14.5	13.3	23
Sonny Spoon	NBC	15.1	11.6	20
Wednesday, April 13, 1988
Aaron's Way	NBC	16.4	13.0	21
Growing Pains	ABC	17.9	12.9	22
Smothers Brothers	CBS	13.7	9.8	16
Head of the Class	ABC	17.5	12.7	20
Hooperman	ABC	17.1	12.6	20
Jake and the Fat Man	CBS	14.7	11.2	17
A Year in the Life	NBC	13.5	11.2	17
Just in Time	ABC	14.0	10.8	17
The Equalizer	CBS	15.1	13.5	24
HeartBeat	ABC	15.5	12.3	21
Bronx Zoo	NBC	11.2	9.5	17
Thursday, April 14, 1988
The Cosby Show	NBC	34.1	22.2	38
48 Hours	CBS	15.3	11.2	19
Probe	ABC	10.9	8.8	15
A Different World	NBC	35.2	22.2	36
Cheers	NBC	31.1	22.1	36
Simon & Simon	CBS	15.5	11.8	19
Hotel	ABC	9.6	8.0	13
Molly Dodd	NBC	21.7	16.4	27
L.A. Law	NBC	20.4	17.7	30
Knots Landing	CBS	21.8	16.8	28
Buck James	ABC	8.8	8.3	14
Friday, April 15, 1988
Ringling Brothers Circus	CBS	19.5	13.7	26
Perfect Strangers	ABC	15.0	11.1	22
Highwayman	NBC	14.5	9.4	18
Full House	ABC	15.6	11.2	21
Dallas	CBS	21.7	16.8	30
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	19.5	10.9	19
Night Court	NBC	15.7	10.4	19
Beverly Hills Buntz	NBC	13.8	9.8	17
Family Man	ABC	16.4	9.5	17
Miami Vice	NBC	18.5	14.4	26
Falcon Crest	CBS	17.4	14.2	26
20/20	ABC	17.5	11.6	21
Saturday, April 16, 1988
The Facts of Life	NBC	15.7	12.0	24
Mountain Rangers	CBS	14.9	8.9	18
The Presidents	ABC	8.1	6.1	12
The Storyteller	NBC	15.1	11.5	22
The Golden Girls	NBC	26.8	18.0	34
Tour of Duty	CBS	13.4	8.6	16
Ohara	ABC	9.5	8.0	15
Amen	NBC	25.3	16.3	31
Hunter	NBC	22.1	14.8	29
For Hire	ABC	9.9	8.8	17
West 57th	CBS	14.2	8.1	16
Sunday, April 17, 1988
60 Minutes	CBS	24.4	17.5	33
Our House	NBC	12.8	8.6	16
Disney Sunday Movie	ABC	11.8	7.2	14
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	24.8	17.9	30
Family Ties	NBC	21.2	13.3	23
Supercarrier	ABC	14.0	9.7	16
Day by Day	NBC	22.1	13.5	22
Enforcer	ABC	23.4	17.4	28
Where the Heart Is	NBC	22.3	17.4	28
Anne Frank	CBS	17.2	11.5	19

Source: USA Today