Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending May 29, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 36th 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, May 23, 1988
ALF	NBC	20.6	15.1	27
MacGyver	ABC	14.4	11.5	20
Kate & Allie	CBS	14.2	10.8	19
Valerie's Family	NBC	18.1	13.8	23
Designing Women	CBS	14.4	11.2	19
Baby M, Part II	ABC	22.5	17.6	27
Miss Universe	CBS	21.9	15.6	24
C.A.T. Squad	NBC	16.3	12.8	20
Tuesday, May 24, 1988
Who's the Boss?	ABC	18.5	15.1	28
Matlock	NBC	18.1	13.6	24
Bugs Bunny	CBS	14.4	9.2	17
Who's the Boss?	ABC	20.3	15.5	27
Charlie Brown	CBS	15.8	9.8	17
Desperado	NBC	22.7	15.4	26
Bitter Creek	CBS	18.1	13.1	22
Moonlighting	ABC	12.9	10.4	17
thirtysomething	ABC	9.0	9.3	16
Wednesday, May 25, 1988
Growing Pains	ABC	19.7	13.8	26
Aaron's Way	NBC	15.4	12.5	22
Smothers Brothers	CBS	13.7	9.6	17
Head of the Class	ABC	20.6	13.7	24
Hooperman	ABC	17.2	12.8	22
Jake and the Fat Man	CBS	15.0	12.5	21
Molly Dodd	NBC	12.6	9.6	16
Royal Gala	ABC	16.9	12.5	21
Cheers	NBC	13.9	11.9	19
St. Elsewhere	NBC	20.8	17.0	29
The Equalizer	CBS	12.5	10.5	18
Thursday, May 26, 1988
The Cosby Show	NBC	26.4	18.9	37
48 Hours	CBS	9.5	8.7	16
Probe	ABC	6.9	5.3	10
A Different World	NBC	27.0	19.7	36
Cheers	NBC	28.4	20.6	36
Nairobi Affair	CBS	12.0	9.6	17
Hotel	ABC	7.7	6.0	10
Night Court	NBC	26.2	18.6	32
L.A. Law	NBC	20.4	17.4	31
Omnibus	ABC	6.4	4.7	8
Friday, May 27, 1988
Perfect Strangers	ABC	11.0	8.6	20
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	9.1	7.4	16
Bloopers and Jokes	NBC	11.3	7.3	16
Full House	ABC	12.6	9.2	19
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	13.8	9.9	20
Irving Berlin Special	CBS	12.0	9.6	19
Sonny Spoon	NBC	11.4	8.5	17
I Married Dora	ABC	12.0	8.8	17
Miami Vice	NBC	17.3	11.9	23
20/20	ABC	14.4	9.9	19
Saturday, May 28, 1988
The Facts of Life	NBC	14.4	10.0	25
High Mountain Rangers	CBS	7.4	6.0	15
Juarez	ABC	5.6	5.0	12
227	NBC	19.6	11.4	27
The Golden Girls	NBC	28.4	16.7	36
Tour of Duty	CBS	9.8	6.9	15
Ohara	ABC	6.2	6.2	13
Amen	NBC	23.5	14.9	31
Hunter	NBC	20.7	13.7	29
For Hire	ABC	9.7	8.7	19
West 57th	CBS	11.4	7.0	15
Sunday, May 29, 1988
60 Minutes	CBS	16.6	13.5	33
Disney Sunday Movie	ABC	9.6	7.2	17
Our House	NBC	8.8	5.3	13
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	17.8	13.8	30
Family Ties	NBC	11.9	7.7	17
Day by Day	NBC	11.0	7.7	17
Who Is Julia?	CBS	20.4	14.2	28
To Heal a Nation	NBC	15.2	10.1	20
Turk 182!	ABC	13.5	8.6	17

Source: USA Today