Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending March 5, 1989

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 24th 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 27, 1989
ALF	NBC	29.1	17.6	26
MacGyver	ABC	22.4	15.0	22
What's Alan Watching?	CBS	18.9	12.8	19
The Hogan Family	NBC	28.2	17.3	25
Columbo	ABC	26.1	17.5	27
Murphy Brown	CBS	20.2	14.3	21
From the Dead of Night I	NBC	21.3	14.3	22
Designing Women	CBS	20.1	14.6	22
Newhart	CBS	17.0	12.8	20
Kate & Allie	CBS	14.4	11.6	20
Tuesday, February 28, 1989
Who's the Boss?	ABC	34.1	21.6	33
Matlock	NBC	28.3	19.0	28
Best Catches	CBS	10.2	7.8	12
The Wonder Years	ABC	33.4	20.6	30
Roseanne	ABC	39.9	24.8	36
From the Dead of Night II	NBC	20.4	14.4	22
Miss USA Pageant	CBS	20.5	14.3	22
Coach	ABC	28.8	19.1	29
thirtysomething	ABC	17.6	13.0	21
Wednesday, March 1, 1989
Unsolved Mysteries	NBC	28.2	18.5	29
Growing Pains	ABC	26.5	17.6	28
Hard Time on Planet Earth	CBS	13.0	9.0	14
Head of the Class	ABC	25.7	17.3	27
Night Court	NBC	27.8	18.5	29
Coach	ABC	18.7	13.0	20
The Equalizer	CBS	13.9	9.8	16
My Two Dads	NBC	22.6	15.8	25
Hooperman	ABC	16.6	11.8	19
Nightingales	NBC	19.2	14.0	25
Wiseguy	CBS	15.6	11.2	20
China Beach	ABC	14.5	10.7	19
Thursday, March 2, 1989
The Cosby Show	NBC	42.3	26.2	41
48 Hours	CBS	15.4	10.6	17
A Fine Romance	ABC	6.3	4.7	7
A Different World	NBC	39.9	25.0	39
Cheers	NBC	35.9	24.3	37
Paradise	CBS	16.5	10.4	16
Dynasty	ABC	13.5	10.0	15
Dear John	NBC	28.2	19.5	30
Knots Landing	CBS	24.9	17.2	30
L.A. Law	NBC	20.0	14.7	25
HeartBeat	ABC	7.4	5.8	10
Friday, March 3, 1989
David Copperfield	CBS	24.4	14.8	24
Perfect Strangers	ABC	22.7	14.5	24
Father Dowling Mysteries	NBC	17.8	12.2	20
Full House	ABC	23.5	15.1	24
Dallas	CBS	23.0	15.6	26
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	21.8	13.8	23
Miami Vice	NBC	15.1	10.0	16
Just the Ten of Us	ABC	20.6	13.1	22
20/20	ABC	20.2	14.2	25
Falcon Crest	CBS	17.0	11.8	21
Hunter	NBC	17.1	11.4	20
Saturday, March 4, 1989
227	NBC	23.4	15.3	27
Impossible	ABC	13.2	8.7	15
Dolphin Cove	CBS	12.2	7.3	13
The Reporters	Fox	7.8	5.0	9
Amen	NBC	28.1	17.9	31
The Golden Girls	NBC	35.9	23.2	39
A Man Called Hawk	ABC	14.6	9.3	16
TV 101	CBS	9.7	6.1	10
Beyond Tomorrow	Fox	5.4	3.5	6
Empty Nest	NBC	30.3	19.8	34
UNSUB	NBC	22.1	15.3	29
West 57th	CBS	12.6	8.4	16
Murphy's Law	ABC	10.1	6.9	13
Sunday, March 5, 1989
60 Minutes	CBS	32.2	23.0	36
World of Disney	NBC	21.6	11.9	19
Great Circuses	ABC	11.4	7.3	12
21 Jump Street	Fox	11.0	7.1	11
Family Ties	NBC	27.4	16.8	25
Day One	CBS	22.2	15.2	24
America's Most Wanted	Fox	18.4	10.8	16
Debbie Allen	ABC	12.1	7.9	12
Day by Day	NBC	26.4	16.0	24
Married ... With Children	Fox	19.7	11.4	17
Manhunter	NBC	23.7	15.7	26
The Penthouse	ABC	20.2	13.4	21
Garry Shandling's Show	Fox	9.9	6.2	9
Tracey Ullman Show	Fox	7.4	4.9	8
Duet	Fox	6.1	4.1	7

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Source: USA Today