List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1988

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The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1988 (single-network only) according to Nielsen Media Research.

Most watched by week

Week ofProgramNetworkViewers
(millions)		Ref.
July 25 The Deliberate Stranger (Part 2) NBC 26.1 [1]
The Cosby Show 26.1
A Different World 26.1
August 1 Cheers 23.1 [2]
August 825.2 [3]
A Different World 25.2
August 15 The Cosby Show 22.1 [4]
August 22 A Different World 28.0 [5]
August 2928.7 [6]
September 5 Miss America 1989 33.1 [7]
September 12 A Different World 26.9 [8]
September 19 1988 Summer Olympics (Sat)29.5 [9]
September 26 1988 Summer Olympics (Mon)27.1 [10]
October 3 The Cosby Show 37.6 [11]
October 1036.5 [12]
October 1740.5 [13]
October 2441.1 [14]
October 3139.8 [15]
November 749.3 [16]
November 1441.7 [17]
November 21 The Golden Girls 38.2 [18]
November 28 The Cosby Show 41.1 [19]
December 538.0 [20]
December 12 A Very Brady Christmas CBS 41.0 [21]
December 19 Roseanne ABC 35.4 [22]
December 26 The Karen Carpenter Story CBS 40.0 [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Prime-Time Ratings" . USA Today . August 3, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  2. ↑ "Prime-Time Ratings" . USA Today . August 10, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  3. ↑ "Prime-Time Ratings" . USA Today . August 17, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . August 24, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . August 31, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . September 8, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . September 14, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  8. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . September 21, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  9. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . September 28, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  10. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . October 5, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  11. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . October 12, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  12. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . October 19, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  13. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . October 26, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  14. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . November 2, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  15. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . November 9, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  16. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . November 16, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  17. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . November 23, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  18. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . November 30, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  19. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . December 7, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  20. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . December 14, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  21. ↑ "A very Brady ratings hit" . USA Today . December 21, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  22. ↑ "Nielsen Ratings" . USA Today . December 29, 1988. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.
  23. ↑ "Carpenter: No. 1 hit for CBS" . USA Today . January 5, 1989. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020– via ProQuest.


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