Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending May 14, 1989

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 34th 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, May 8, 1989
ALF	NBC	25.1	15.7	27
MacGyver	ABC	20.8	13.9	23
Live-In	CBS	11.3	8.2	14
Hogan Family	NBC	24.0	15.4	25
Heartland	CBS	12.0	8.9	14
Top Gun	NBC	30.1	20.2	32
War, Remembrance, Pt. 9	ABC	19.6	14.4	22
Murphy Brown	CBS	18.2	13.3	20
Designing Women	CBS	19.7	14.3	21
Newhart	CBS	18.8	13.9	21
Kate & Allie	CBS	16.1	12.3	20
Tuesday, May 9, 1989
Who's the Boss?	ABC	24.4	16.5	27
Matlock	NBC	23.6	16.4	26
911	CBS	16.1	10.8	17
The Wonder Years	ABC	25.8	17.3	27
In the Heat of the Night	NBC	27.7	18.6	28
War, Remembrance, Pt. 10	ABC	20.6	15.1	24
Murder By Moonlight	CBS	10.0	7.7	12
Midnight Caller	NBC	21.7	15.3	25
Wednesday, May 10, 1989
Unsolved Mysteries	NBC	26.1	18.0	30
Growing Pains	ABC	19.6	13.9	24
Hard Time on Planet Earth	CBS	9.6	7.0	12
Head of the Class	ABC	19.7	14.2	23
Cheers	NBC	24.0	16.9	26
War, Remembrance Pt. 11	ABC	21.3	15.7	25
Jake and the Fatman	CBS	17.4	12.6	19
Night Court	NBC	22.2	15.8	24
Quantum Leap	NBC	18.4	13.3	22
Wiseguy	CBS	15.5	10.9	18
Thursday, May 11, 1989
The Cosby Show	NBC	31.5	20.4	36
48 Hours	CBS	12.7	9.8	17
Unclaimed Fortunes	ABC	10.6	7.9	14
Jackee	NBC	29.9	19.8	33
Cheers	NBC	27.6	19.6	31
Equalizer	CBS	14.6	11.2	18
Dynasty	ABC	14.7	10.8	17
Dear John	NBC	23.4	16.9	26
L.A. Law	NBC	24.2	17.8	29
Knots Landing	CBS	21.8	16.3	27
Cholesterol Test	ABC	11.2	8.4	14
Friday, May 12, 1989
Perfect Strangers	ABC	16.4	11.0	23
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	14.4	9.9	20
Abdul-Jabbar	NBC	9.1	6.4	13
Full House	ABC	19.4	12.5	24
Dallas	CBS	18.8	13.3	24
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	16.6	10.8	20
Evil Escapes	NBC	13.2	8.6	16
Just the Ten of Us	ABC	15.9	10.5	19
20/20	ABC	17.6	12.4	23
Falcon Crest	CBS	16.4	11.8	22
Saturday, May 13, 1989
227	NBC	16.6	11.6	25
Paradise	CBS	13.1	8.2	17
A Man Called Hawk	ABC	7.5	5.4	11
The Reporters	Fox	6.8	4.6	9
One of the Boys	NBC	18.3	12.7	26
The Golden Girls	NBC	30.2	20.5	38
Jesse Hawkes	CBS	11.7	7.7	14
North, South II, Pt. 1	ABC	10.4	7.0	13
Cops	Fox	8.9	6.0	11
Beyond Tomorrow	Fox	5.4	3.8	7
Hunter	NBC	25.9	17.7	34
West 57th	CBS	10.6	7.6	14
Sunday, May 14, 1989
60 Minutes	CBS	22.5	15.9	33
21 Jump Street	Fox	9.2	6.0	13
Incredible Sunday	ABC	8.4	5.8	12
Jim Henson Hour	NBC	8.4	5.2	11
Family Ties	NBC	36.3	20.8	35
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	22.1	15.3	26
America's Most Wanted	Fox	12.3	7.9	14
Moonlighting	ABC	8.6	5.7	10
Married ... With Children	Fox	14.1	8.5	14
War, Remembrance, Pt. 12	ABC	23.5	15.9	26
Out on the Edge	CBS	20.6	14.6	23
Garry Shandling's Show	Fox	6.1	4.0	6
Ferris Bueller's Day Off	NBC	28.4	17.6	29
Tracey Ullman Show	Fox	4.4	3.2	5
Duet	Fox	3.4	2.6	4

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Source: USA Today