This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1987–88 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. Rank Program Network Rating 1 The Cosby Show NBC 27.8 2 A Different World 25.0 3 Cheers 23.4 4 The Golden Girls 21.8 5 Growing Pains ABC 21.3 6 Who's the Boss? 21.2 7 Night Court NBC 20.8 8 60 Minutes CBS 20.6 9 Murder, She Wrote 20.210 ALF NBC 18.8 The Wonder Years ABC12 Moonlighting 18.3 L.A. Law NBC 14 Matlock 17.8 15 Amen 17.5 16 Monday Night Football ABC 17.4 17 Family Ties NBC 17.3 18 CBS Sunday Night Movie CBS 17.2 19 In the Heat of the Night NBC 17.020 My Two Dads 16.9 Valerie's Family 22 Dallas CBS 16.823 NBC Sunday Night Movie NBC 16.7 Head of the Class ABC 25 Newhart CBS 16.5 26 NBC Monday Night Movie NBC 16.4 27 227 16.3 28 Day by Day 16.2 29 Hunter 16.1 30 Aaron's Way 16.0 Primetime specials Rank Program Network Rating 1 Super Bowl XXII ABC 41.9 2 The Cosby Show (11-12-1987)NBC 33.9 3 AFC Championship Game Runover 32.9 4 1987 World Series Game 7 ABC 32.6 5 Magnum, P.I. Finale CBS32.0 6 60th Academy Awards ABC29.4 7 AFC Playoff Runover: Seattle Seahawks at Houston Oilers NBC29.1 8 Family Ties (Season 6 opener) 29.0 9 Day by Day (episode 2) 28.110 1988 Winter Olympics (final Saturday) ABC 26.4 Miniseries Rank Program Network Rating 1 Elvis and Me ABC 24.4 2 Billionaire Boys ClubNBC 21.4 3 Echoes in the Darkness CBS 21.2 4 The Murder of Mary Phagan NBC 19.9 5 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 19.6 6 Something Is Out There 19.2 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues CBS 8 The Bourne Identity ABC 18.5 9 Sidney Sheldon's Windmills of the Gods CBS18.210 Bluegrass 18.0
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