8.Growing Pains ABC 22.7
9.Moonlighting* ABC 22.4
10.Who’s the Boss? ABC 22.0
1987-1988
1.The Cosby Show NBC 27.8
2.A Different World NBC 25.0
3.Cheers NBC 23.4
4.The Golden Girls NBC 21.8
5.Growing Pains ABC 21.3
6.Who’s the Boss? ABC 21.2
7.Night Court NBC 20.8
8.60 Minutes CBS 20.6
9.Murder, She Wrote CBS 20.2
10.Alf NBC 18.8
The Wonder Years ABC 18.8
1988-1989
1.The Cosby Show* NBC 25.6
2.Roseanne ABC 23.8
3.A Different World NBC 23.0
4.Cheers* NBC 22.3
5.60 Minutes CBS 21.7
6.The Golden Girls* NBC 21.4
7.Who’s the Boss? ABC 20.8
8.Murder, She Wrote CBS 19.9
9.Empty Nest NBC 19.2
10.Anything but Love ABC 19.01989-1990
1.The Cosby Show* NBC 23.1
Roseanne ABC 23.1
3.Cheers* NBC 22.7
4.A Different World NBC 21.1
5.America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC 20.9
6.The Golden Girls* NBC 20.1
7.60 Minutes CBS 19.7
8.The Wonder Years* ABC 19.2
9.Empty Nest NBC 18.9
10.Monday Night Football ABC 18.1The Eighties in America Entertainment: Most-Watched U.S. Television Shows 1093