RATINGS: Top 20
1985-1990

1985-1986

(1)The Cosby Show — NBC
(2)Family Ties — NBC
(3)Murder, She Wrote — CBS
(4)60 Minutes — CBS
(5)Cheers — NBC
(6)Dallas — CBS
(7)(tie) Dynasty — ABC
(7)(tie) The Golden Girls — NBC
(9)Miami Vice — NBC
(10)Who's the Boss? — ABC
(11)Night Court — NBC
(12)CBS Sunday Night Movie — CBS
(13)Highway to Heaven — NBC
(14)Kate & Allie — CBS
(15)NFL Monday Night Football — ABC
(16)Newhart — CBS
(17)(tie) Knots Landing — CBS
(17)(tie) Growing Pains — ABC
(19)You Again? — NBC
(20)227 — NBC


1986-1987

(1)The Cosby Show — NBC
(2)Family Ties — NBC
(3)Cheers — NBC
(4)Murder, She Wrote — CBS
(5)The Golden Girls — NBC
(6)60 Minutes — CBS
(7)Night Court — NBC
(8)Growing Pains — ABC
(9)Moonlighting — ABC
(10)Who's the Boss? — ABC
(11)Dallas — CBS
(12)Newhart — CBS
(13)Amen — NBC
(14)227 — NBC
(15)(tie) Matlock — NBC
(15)(tie) CBS Sunday Night Movie — CBS
(15)(tie) NBC Monday Night Movie — NBC
(18)NFL Monday Night Football — ABC
(19)Kate & Allie — CBS
(20)NBC Sunday Night Movie — NBC

1987-1988

(1)The Cosby Show — NBC
(2)A Different World — NBC
(3)Cheers — NBC
(4)The Golden Girls — NBC
(5)Growing Pains — ABC
(6)Who's the Boss? — ABC
(7)Night Court — NBC
(8)60 Minutes — CBS
(9)Murder, She Wrote — CBS
(10)(tie) ALF — NBC
(10)(tie) The Wonder Years — ABC
(12)(tie) Moonlighting — ABC
(12)(tie) L. A. Law — NBC
(14)Matlock — NBC
(15)Amen — NBC
(16)NFL Monday Night Football — ABC
(17)Family Ties — NBC
(18)CBS Sunday Night Movie — CBS
(19)In the Heat of the Night — NBC
(20)(tie) My Two Dads — NBC
(20)(tie) Valerie's Family — NBC

1988-1989

(1)The Cosby Show — NBC
(2)Roseanne — ABC
(3)A Different World — NBC
(4)Cheers — NBC
(5)The Golden Girls — NBC
(6)Who's the Boss? — ABC
(7)60 Minutes — CBS
(8)Murder, She Wrote — CBS
(9)Empty Nest — NBC
(10)Anything But Love — ABC
(11)Dear John — NBC
(12)(tie) ALF — NBC
(12)(tie) L. A. Law — NBC
(14)Matlock — NBC
(15)(tie) Unsolved Mysteries — NBC
(15)(tie) In the Heat of the Night — NBC
(17)Growing Pains — ABC
(18)Hunter — NBC
(19)(tie) NFL Monday Night Football — ABC
(19)(tie) Head of the Class — ABC

1989-1990

(1)Roseanne — ABC
(2)The Cosby Show — NBC
(3)Cheers — NBC
(4)A Different World — NBC
(5)America's Funniest Home Videos — ABC
(6)The Golden Girls — NBC
(7)60 Minutes — CBS
(8)The Wonder Years — ABC
(9)Empty Nest — NBC
(10)NFL Monday Night Football — ABC
(11)Unsolved Mysteries — NBC
(12)Who's the Boss? — ABC
(13)(tie) Murder, She Wrote — CBS
(13)(tie) Chicken Soup — ABC
(15)Grand — NBC
(16)L. A. Law — NBC
(17)In the Heat of the Night — NBC
(18)Dear John — NBC
(19)Coach — ABC
(20)Matlock — NBC