Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending October 4, 1987

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the second week of the 1987-88 television broadcast season. The chart below includes the household (HH) ratings & shares for every broadcast program that aired during the week with reruns included. Note: viewership data from AGB Television Research was not available for this week.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	HH Rating	HH Share
Monday, September 28, 1987
ALF	NBC	20.3	32
Frank's Place	CBS	12.2	20
MacGyver	ABC	12.2	19
Valerie's Family	NBC	18.6	28
Kate & Allie	CBS	13.0	20
Assault and Matrimony	NBC	20.2	32
Newhart	CBS	15.2	23
Star Trek III - The Search for Spock	ABC	13.7	22
Designing Women	CBS	15.8	24
Cagney & Lacey	CBS	13.6	23
Tuesday, September 29, 1987
Who's the Boss?	ABC	24.0	39
Matlock	NBC	15.9	25
Jake and the Fatman	CBS	9.6	15
Growing Pains	ABC	26.5	41
Moonlighting	ABC	25.9	40
J.J. Starbuck	NBC	14.9	23
thirtysomething	ABC	16.7	30
Crime Story	NBC	14.2	26
The Law & Harry McGraw	CBS	9.4	17
Wednesday, September 30, 1987
Perfect Strangers	ABC	16.3	28
Highway to Heaven	NBC	13.5	23
The Oldest Rookie	CBS	10.8	18
Head of the Class	ABC	17.1	28
Hooperman	ABC	17.5	28
Magnum, P.I.	CBS	14.9	24
A Year in the Life	NBC	12.0	19
The ``Slap'' Maxwell Story	ABC	14.9	24
Dynasty	ABC	15.2	26
St. Elsewhere	NBC	14.1	24
The Equalizer	CBS	14.0	24
Thursday, October 1, 1987
The Cosby Show	NBC	29.8	49
Tour of Duty	CBS	10.3	17
Sledge Hammer!	ABC	7.9	13
A Different World	NBC	28.2	45
The Charmings	ABC	8.4	14
Cheers	NBC	26.1	41
Wiseguy	CBS	11.5	18
Proud Men	ABC	9.4	15
Johnny Carson - 25th Anniversary	NBC	23.8	39
Knots Landing	CBS	14.8	25
Friday, October 2, 1987
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	14.0	26
Rags to Riches	NBC	9.6	18
Full House	ABC	9.5	18
I Married Dora	ABC	9.4	17
Dallas	CBS	17.0	30
Miami Vice	NBC	15.9	28
Max Headroom	ABC	6.4	11
Falcon Crest	CBS	15.1	28
Private Eye	NBC	11.9	22
20/20	ABC	10.7	20
Saturday, October 3, 1987
The Facts of Life	NBC	15.4	29
My Sister Sam	CBS	7.3	14
Once a Hero	ABC	4.6	9
227	NBC	17.6	32
Everything's Relative	CBS	7.2	13
The Golden Girls	NBC	24.4	44
Ohara	ABC	8.5	15
Leg Work	CBS	6.0	11
Amen	NBC	18.7	34
Hunter	NBC	17.0	34
Hotel	ABC	9.6	19
West 57th	CBS	6.9	14
Sunday, October 4, 1987
Our House	NBC	12.4	21
Disney Sunday Movie	ABC	10.2	18
60 Minutes	CBS	20.7	34
Family Ties	NBC	20.9	32
For Hire	ABC	10.6	16
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	22.8	34
My Two Dads	NBC	18.6	28
Perry Mason - The Case of the Murdered Madam	NBC	18.1	29
Dolly	ABC	17.3	26
Mistress	CBS	17.5	29
Buck James	ABC	11.6	19

Source: USA Today