Nielsen Ratings: Week Ending September 25, 1988

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the first 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, September 19, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	23.9	16.8	29
Indianapolis at Cleveland	ABC	16.9	12.9	21
Newhart	CBS	17.5	12.8	21
Cavanaughs	CBS	16.9	12.3	19
A Stranger Waits	CBS	20.2	15.4	24
Tuesday, September 20, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	23.6	16.9	30
Growing Pains	ABC	19.9	14.5	24
Bugs Bunny Special	CBS	14.3	9.2	15
Head of the Class	ABC	21.9	15.3	24
White Nights	CBS	11.8	8.5	14
The Man With One Red Shoe	ABC	16.6	12.1	20
Wednesday, September 21, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	24.9	18.1	32
Growing Pains	ABC	19.5	13.7	24
Live ... Dick Clark Presents	CBS	11.4	8.2	14
Head of the Class	ABC	19.2	13.5	22
The Equalizer	CBS	16.0	11.7	19
Best of SCTV	ABC	11.0	7.9	13
Wiseguy	CBS	14.8	11.0	19
Thursday, September 22, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	28.3	20.1	36
Growing Pains	ABC	19.9	13.9	23
48 Hours	CBS	9.6	7.5	12
All of Me	ABC	14.4	10.9	18
Kids Like These	CBS	12.0	9.3	15
Friday, September 23, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	28.8	19.5	37
Perfect Strangers	ABC	13.5	10.0	19
Beauty and the Beast	CBS	10.2	7.0	13
Full House	ABC	15.8	11.2	20
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	14.4	9.9	17
Stillwatch	CBS	13.7	9.8	17
Just the Ten of Us	ABC	14.1	9.6	16
20/20	ABC	13.3	9.7	17
Saturday, September 24, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	29.5	19.6	38
Who's the Boss?	ABC	13.4	9.1	17
First Impressions	CBS	6.5	4.6	9
Perfect Strangers	ABC	14.3	9.6	18
Frank's Place	CBS	6.3	4.4	8
Rodney Dangerfield	ABC	12.7	8.5	15
Bodywatching	CBS	8.2	6.0	11
Garry Shandling Special	ABC	9.4	6.6	13
West 57th	CBS	7.0	5.2	10
Sunday, September 25, 1988
Olympic Games	NBC	20.0	13.9	26
NFL Football	CBS	17.8	12.8	25
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	11.5	8.4	15
NFL Football Postgame	CBS	15.0	10.8	21
Cadets	ABC	11.4	8.3	15
60 Minutes	CBS	18.9	13.6	24
Olympic Games	NBC	27.4	18.2	33
Debate Analysis	CBS	17.0	12.1	19
Debate Analysis	ABC	14.2	9.8	15
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	17.8	13.1	22
Who's the Boss?	ABC	13.6	9.7	16
Perfect Strangers	ABC	12.7	9.1	16

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Source: USA Today