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 of | Program | Network | Viewers (millions) |
Ref. |
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July 25 | The Deliberate Stranger (Part 2) | NBC | 26.1 | |
The Cosby Show | 26.1 | |||
A Different World | 26.1 | |||
August 1 | Cheers | 23.1 | ||
August 8 | 25.2 | |||
A Different World | 25.2 | |||
August 15 | The Cosby Show | 22.1 | ||
August 22 | A Different World | 28.0 | ||
August 29 | 28.7 | |||
September 5 | Miss America 1989 | 33.1 | ||
September 12 | A Different World | 26.9 | ||
September 19 | 1988 Summer Olympics (Sat) | 29.5 | ||
September 26 | 1988 Summer Olympics (Mon) | 27.1 | ||
October 3 | The Cosby Show | 37.6 | ||
October 10 | 36.5 | |||
October 17 | 40.5 | |||
October 24 | 41.1 | |||
October 31 | 39.8 | |||
November 7 | 49.3 | |||
November 14 | 41.7 | |||
November 21 | The Golden Girls | 38.2 | ||
November 28 | The Cosby Show | 41.1 | ||
December 5 | 38.0 | |||
December 12 | A Very Brady Christmas | CBS | 41.0 | |
December 19 | Roseanne | ABC | 35.4 | |
December 26 | The Karen Carpenter Story | CBS | 40.0 |
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- "Carpenter: No. 1 hit for CBS". USA Today. January 5, 1989. p. 3D. Retrieved July 21, 2020 – via ProQuest.
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