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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

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Week of Program Network Viewers
(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 8 25.2 [3]
A Different World 25.2
August 15 The Cosby Show 22.1 [4]
August 22 A Different World 28.0 [5]
August 29 28.7 [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 10 36.5 [12]
October 17 40.5 [13]
October 24 41.1 [14]
October 31 39.8 [15]
November 7 49.3 [16]
November 14 41.7 [17]
November 21 The Golden Girls 38.2 [18]
November 28 The Cosby Show 41.1 [19]
December 5 38.0 [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]

References

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  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.
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  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.