Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending July 24, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 44th 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, July 18, 1988
ALF	NBC	20.0	12.5	24
Blue Skies	CBS	12.6	8.3	15
Why on Earth?	ABC	9.9	7.0	13
Democratic Convention	NBC	9.2	6.2	11
Democratic Convention	CBS	8.0	5.8	11
Democratic Convention	ABC	8.0	5.7	10
Tuesday, July 19, 1988
Who's the Boss?	ABC	16.6	10.8	21
Matlock	NBC	14.0	9.9	19
Summer Playhouse	CBS	6.6	5.0	10
Full House	ABC	16.7	10.7	20
Democratic Convention	NBC	11.8	8.7	17
Democratic Convention	ABC	9.9	7.8	15
Democratic Convention	CBS	8.8	6.7	13
Wednesday, July 20, 1988
Growing Pains	ABC	15.2	10.1	20
Jake and the Fatman	CBS	13.5	9.0	17
Down Delaware Road	NBC	9.2	5.7	11
Head of the Class	ABC	15.9	9.8	19
Democratic Convention	ABC	9.0	6.9	13
Democratic Convention	CBS	8.8	6.7	13
Democratic Convention	NBC	10.1	6.5	13
Thursday, July 21, 1988
The Cosby Show	NBC	24.4	15.3	31
Democratic Convention	CBS	8.7	6.4	13
Divided We Stand	ABC	4.7	4.8	10
Heart and Soul	NBC	19.4	11.1	22
Democratic Convention	NBC	12.3	8.0	15
Democratic Convention	ABC	8.2	6.7	13
Friday, July 22, 1988
Bloopers & Jokes	NBC	12.4	8.6	19
Perfect Strangers	ABC	12.2	8.4	19
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	10.6	8.3	16
Full House	ABC	13.4	8.6	18
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	16.2	10.4	22
Miami Vice	NBC	12.4	8.5	17
Educating Rita	CBS	8.3	6.4	13
I Married Dora	ABC	14.9	9.9	20
20/20	ABC	19.4	13.4	27
Miami Vice	NBC	15.6	10.8	22
Saturday, July 23, 1988
The Facts of Life	NBC	15.9	9.4	22
Supercarrier	ABC	7.6	6.3	14
Kate & Allie	CBS	9.1	5.9	14
227	NBC	19.8	11.7	26
Frank's Place	CBS	6.2	4.9	11
The Golden Girls	NBC	25.0	15.6	33
Tour of Duty	CBS	9.4	7.5	16
Ohara	ABC	9.3	6.1	13
Amen	NBC	22.4	13.7	27
Hunter	NBC	21.9	15.3	33
West 57th	CBS	10.9	7.0	15
Hotel	ABC	7.6	5.7	12
Sunday, July 24, 1988
60 Minutes	CBS	17.9	14.5	32
Rags to Riches	NBC	9.0	5.9	13
Disney Movie	ABC	6.7	5.4	12
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	12.9	13.8	27
Family Ties	NBC	13.5	9.6	20
MacGyver	ABC	8.9	7.0	14
My Two Dads	NBC	14.0	9.2	18
Stranger, Part 1	NBC	20.1	14.2	25
Sin of Innocence	CBS	17.7	13.4	24
Moonraker	ABC	18.1	12.1	22

Source: USA Today