List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1990

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The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1990.

Most watched by week

Broadcast (primetime only)
Week ofTitleNetworkViewers
(in millions)		Ref.
January 1 Roseanne ABC 39.3 [1]
January 8 NFC Championship CBS 43.0 [2]
January 15 The Cosby Show NBC 38.4 [3]
January 22 Super Bowl XXIV CBS73.9 [4]
January 29RoseanneABC38.0 [5]
February 5 America's Funniest Home Videos 40.5 [6]
February 1238.0 [7]
February 19The Cosby ShowNBC37.6 [8]
February 26America's Funniest Home VideosABC40.5 [9]
March 543.6 [10]
March 1241.0 [11]
March 1940.7 [12]
March 26 62nd Academy Awards 40.4 [13]
April 2America's Funniest Home Videos40.3 [14]
April 935.1 [15]
April 1638.1 [16]
April 2339.7 [17]
April 3036.6 [18]
May 736.7 [19]
May 1446.7 [20]
May 21 Newhart CBS29.5 [21]
May 28 The Simpsons Fox 28.7 [22]
June 4RoseanneABC24.3 [23]
June 11The SimpsonsFox25.4 [24]
June 1823.2 [25]
June 25 Cheers NBC24.6 [26]
July 224.3 [27]
July 9 1990 MLB All-Star Game CBS26.8 [28]
July 16 The NBC Monday Movie NBC22.5 [29]
July 23RoseanneABC22.1 [30]
July 30The SimpsonsFox22.0 [31]
August 621.8 [32]
CheersNBC [32]
August 13The SimpsonsFox23.5 [33]
August 20The Cosby ShowNBC24.0 [34]
August 27Cheers25.1 [35]
September 3 Miss America 1991 25.5 [36]
September 10America's Funniest Home VideosABC30.8 [37]
1990–91 television season begins
September 17CheersNBC32.9 [38]
September 24America's Funniest Home VideosABC30.1 [39]
October 131.5 [40]
October 8The SimpsonsFox33.6 [41]
October 15 America's Funniest People ABC33.3 [42]
October 22America's Funniest Home Videos33.1 [43]
October 2934.1 [44]
November 5CheersNBC45.9 [45]
November 1234.1 [46]
November 19 It ABC35.0 [47]
November 26America's Funniest Home Videos31.1 [48]
December 3 Monday Night Football 41.6 [49]
December 10CheersNBC33.8 [50]
December 1728.8 [51]
Home for Christmas ABC [51]
December 24 60 Minutes CBS34.0 [52]
December 31 Bears vs. Saints (NFL) 39.5 [53]

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