Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending September 11, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 51st 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 beginning with the w/e July 31, 1988 both the HH ratings and the viewership figures come from Nielsen.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)	HH Rating	HH Share
Monday, September 5, 1988
NFL Football	ABC	27.4	19.1	33
ALF	NBC	22.7	13.9	24
Newhart	CBS	13.7	9.9	17
Hogan Family	NBC	22.1	14.4	24
Cavanaughs	CBS	13.3	9.5	16
Kate & Allie	CBS	15.8	11.5	18
Baby, It's You	NBC	16.1	11.3	19
Designing Women	CBS	16.8	12.1	19
Magnum, P.I.	CBS	13.6	10.0	17
Tuesday, September 6, 1988
Who's the Boss?	ABC	23.8	16.2	28
Matlock	NBC	20.7	14.6	25
CBS Summer Playhouse	CBS	4.3	3.5	6
Full House	ABC	24.7	16.4	27
Women of Valor	CBS	18.6	13.4	23
In the Heat of the Night	NBC	18.0	12.7	21
Moonlighting	ABC	15.3	11.0	18
thirtysomething	ABC	12.4	9.6	17
News Special	NBC	12.1	9.2	16
Wednesday, September 7, 1988
Growing Pains	ABC	20.3	14.0	25
Jake and the Fatman	CBS	11.2	7.8	14
Funny People	NBC	9.8	7.1	12
Head of the Class	ABC	20.4	14.2	24
I Married a Centerfold	NBC	16.2	12.2	21
Hooperman	ABC	15.6	10.9	18
The Equalizer	CBS	13.6	9.3	15
``Slap'' Maxwell Story	ABC	10.5	7.7	13
Wiseguy	CBS	13.8	9.9	18
China Beach	ABC	11.5	8.7	16
Thursday, September 8, 1988
The Cosby Show	NBC	31.3	20.8	38
Racing With the Moon	ABC	12.2	8.8	15
48 Hours	CBS	7.2	5.7	10
Bob Hope Special	NBC	24.0	17.1	30
Open Admissions	CBS	9.9	7.5	13
Cheers	NBC	21.3	15.3	26
L.A. Law	NBC	20.2	15.0	28
Burning Questions	ABC	10.2	7.5	14
Friday, September 9, 1988
Secret Witness	CBS	15.5	11.5	23
Perfect Strangers	ABC	12.0	8.5	18
Highwayman	NBC	8.7	5.9	12
Saturday Morning Preview	ABC	11.2	7.3	14
Life After Death Row	ABC	12.2	9.0	17
Blacke's Magic	NBC	10.4	7.4	14
Run Till You Fall	CBS	14.5	10.6	20
20/20	ABC	17.6	13.0	25
Miami Vice	NBC	12.3	9.0	17
Saturday, September 10, 1988
The Facts of Life	NBC	17.2	12.1	24
College Football	ABC	8.6	6.1	12
First Impressions	CBS	6.8	5.1	10
227	NBC	21.8	15.1	29
Frank's Place	CBS	5.8	4.4	8
The Golden Girls	NBC	30.6	21.2	38
College Football	CBS	9.0	6.6	13
Baby Boom	NBC	31.1	21.0	38
Miss America Pageant	NBC	33.1	22.3	44
Sunday, September 11, 1988
U.S. Open Tennis	CBS	15.9	11.3	20
Disney Movie	ABC	13.6	9.0	17
Rags to Riches	NBC	11.2	7.9	14
Family Ties	NBC	17.0	11.8	19
MacGyver	ABC	15.8	10.9	18
My Two Dads	NBC	18.5	12.5	20
Scandal Sheet	ABC	19.3	13.7	23
Shooter	NBC	17.0	11.3	20
60 Minutes	CBS	18.4	13.1	22
Intrigue	CBS	11.7	8.8	19

Source: USA Today