Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending February 19, 1989

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 22nd week of the 1988-89 television broadcast season. The chart below includes viewership and both household (HH) ratings & shares for every broadcast program that aired during the week with reruns included.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)	HH Rating	HH Share
Monday, February 13, 1989
ALF	NBC	30.0	17.8	27
MacGyver	ABC	21.0	13.9	21
Newhart	CBS	19.1	13.9	21
Hogan Family	NBC	26.0	15.7	23
Kate & Allie	CBS	19.1	13.9	21
B.L. Stryker	ABC	27.0	18.8	30
Murphy Brown	CBS	20.1	14.2	21
Hijacking of Achille Lauro	NBC	18.2	12.7	20
Designing Women	CBS	20.7	15.1	23
Almost Grown	CBS	10.3	8.2	14
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
Who's the Boss?	ABC	29.8	19.5	31
Matlock	NBC	26.8	18.7	29
Tour of Duty	CBS	14.4	9.2	14
Roseanne	ABC	34.6	21.9	33
In the Heat of the Night	NBC	27.5	18.4	29
Babycakes	CBS	19.1	13.3	22
Moonlighting	ABC	17.5	12.4	19
Midnight Caller	NBC	20.7	14.5	25
Wednesday, February 15, 1989
Unsolved Mysteries	NBC	29.4	19.3	29
Growing Pains	ABC	26.3	18.0	27
Garfield Special	CBS	16.8	10.1	15
Head of the Class	ABC	24.8	17.0	25
Bugs Bunny Special	CBS	17.0	10.2	15
Night Court	NBC	25.7	17.3	26
The Wonder Years	ABC	22.3	14.9	23
The Equalizer	CBS	17.2	11.9	19
My Two Dads	NBC	20.7	14.5	23
Hooperman	ABC	16.9	11.5	18
Nightingales	NBC	18.0	13.4	24
Wiseguy	CBS	17.2	12.5	22
China Beach	ABC	13.8	9.9	17
Thursday, February 16, 1989
The Cosby Show	NBC	43.8	26.2	41
48 Hours	CBS	17.0	12.1	19
A Fine Romance	ABC	7.8	5.5	9
A Different World	NBC	40.4	24.1	37
Cheers	NBC	35.1	22.8	35
Paradise	CBS	17.3	11.4	18
Dynasty	ABC	14.7	10.6	16
Dear John	NBC	27.0	18.4	28
L.A. Law	NBC	28.1	20.4	34
Knots Landing	CBS	23.1	16.7	28
HeartBeat	ABC	6.9	5.6	9
Friday, February 17, 1989
Perfect Strangers	ABC	24.0	15.3	26
Father Dowling Mysteries	NBC	17.2	12.4	21
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	14.2	9.8	16
Full House	ABC	26.1	16.4	27
Dallas	CBS	22.9	15.5	25
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	23.1	14.8	24
Miami Vice	NBC	14.9	10.7	18
Just the Ten of Us	ABC	21.7	13.7	22
20/20	ABC	20.1	14.3	26
Falcon Crest	CBS	18.2	13.0	23
UNSUB	NBC	15.9	10.9	19
Saturday, February 18, 1989
227	NBC	24.6	16.0	27
Impossible	ABC	16.6	10.5	18
Dolphin Cove	CBS	14.0	8.6	15
The Reporters	Fox	6.6	4.1	7
Amen	NBC	27.5	17.5	29
The Golden Girls	NBC	34.9	22.8	38
A Man Called Hawk	ABC	15.5	9.4	16
Smothers Brothers	CBS	13.2	7.8	13
Beyond Tomorrow	Fox	5.8	3.8	6
Empty Nest	NBC	30.9	20.1	34
Hunter	NBC	30.0	19.5	36
West 57th	CBS	11.6	8.2	15
Murphy's Law	ABC	9.7	6.6	12
Sunday, February 19, 1989
60 Minutes	CBS	32.5	23.1	37
Magical World of Disney	NBC	16.8	9.6	15
21 Jump Street	Fox	13.8	8.7	14
Pete's Dragon	ABC	14.2	7.6	12
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	34.0	22.5	34
Family Ties	NBC	21.4	12.8	19
America's Most Wanted	Fox	18.4	11.0	17
Day by Day	NBC	18.6	11.5	17
Married ... With Children	Fox	19.9	11.5	17
Swimsuit	NBC	28.8	17.3	27
Fulfillment of Mary Gray	CBS	23.9	16.5	26
Passion and Paradise,Pt. I	ABC	17.4	11.8	19
Garry Shandling's Show	Fox	9.0	5.7	9
Tracey Ullman Show	Fox	6.4	4.3	7
Duet	Fox	4.8	3.5	6

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Source: USA Today